American College of Surgeons Article: Geriatric Surgery Verification Program Streamlines Age Friendly Hospital Measure Implementation
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has published an article detailing how it has streamlined its Surgery Verification Program (GSV) with Age-Friendly Hospital Measure implementation.
Developed in collaboration with the ACS, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and American College of Emergency Physicians, the Age-Friendly Hospital Measure is designed to help build a better, safer environment for older adults and will help patients and caregivers find quality care.
The article talks about the measure and what it means for patients. It notes for surgeons and for hospitals:
- To help surgeons in streamlining this process and help ensure compliance, the GSV Program makes available resources for surgeons and surgical teams enrolled in the program. These tools will give efficient and effective ways not only to comply with the measure, but also achieve improved care for this patient population.
- To help hospitals comply with the new measure and improve care of older adults, the ACS has restructured its GSV program to make it more accessible to hospitals, particularly addressing the widely varying resources existing across facilities. The new GSV Program is simple to do and tailored to address the ten items included in the measure.
Learn more about ACS streamlined efforts.
Learn more about the ACS Geriatric Surgery Verification program.
Learn more about the Age-Friendly hospital measure.
Learn more about JAHF's support of the ACS GSV program.
