AGS and ADGAP Co-Management Plan for Hip Fractures Sees Geriatrics Mending More Than Bones
With support from the John A. Hartford Foundation, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP) will develop a national dissemination plan for an innovative program to improve care for older adults hospitalized with hip fractures. The interdisciplinary geriatrics-orthopedics co-management intervention positions geriatrics professionals as co-leaders in the pre- and post-operative management of older adults with fragility fractures. With geriatrics principles at its core, the program holds promise for improving person-centered care outcomes and decreasing healthcare spending.
With support from the John A. Hartford Foundation, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP) will develop a national dissemination plan for an innovative program to improve care for older adults hospitalized with hip fractures. The interdisciplinary geriatrics-orthopedics co-management intervention positions geriatrics professionals as co-leaders in the pre- and post-operative management of older adults with fragility fractures. With geriatrics principles at its core, the program holds promise for improving person-centered care outcomes and decreasing healthcare spending.
The work conducted by AGS and ADGAP will include engaging potential sites for the co-management intervention and refining specific models and tools to integrate geriatrics and orthopedics care delivery. With additional support under a possible second phase of collaboration, the AGS and ADGAP ultimately will create a sustainable business enterprise to market and disseminate the co-management intervention to more than 100 leading health facilities, systems, and academic training hospitals to be tapped as “early adopters” over the next three years.
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