American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification Program: GSV Insight Podcast Series
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released a GSV Insight Podcast Series.
GSV Insight is a series of short podcast-style videos that teach how specific standards are being implemented in Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) hospitals. Guest speakers discuss topics such as implementation strategies, the resources and skills needed to do so, and barriers that were encountered and tips for overcoming them. Each video comes with a written version to download or print out.
The podcast-style videos in the series are organized by GSV standards and include:
- 2.1 and 2.2 - Geriatric Surgery Directors and Coordinators
- 3.1 - Geriatric-Friendly Patient Rooms
- 4.1 - Geriatric Surgery Nurse Champion
- 5.1 - Treatment and Overall Health Goals
- 5.2 - Code Status and Advance Directives
- 5.5 - Reaffirm Surgical Decision-Making
- 5.6 - Geriatric Vulnerability Screens
- The Rural Experience of High-Risk Geriatric Evaluation Using Telemed to Bridge the Gap of Limited Resources in the Rural Setting – Rochester Regional Health
- Vulnerability Screening for Both Elective and Urgent Patients and Contrasting the Two – Rochester Regional Health
- Implementing Geriatric Vulnerability Assessments in the Elective Surgery Patient – White Plains Hospital
- Utilizing Epic to Facilitate Implementation of Geriatric Vulnerability Assessments, Management Plans, & Interdisciplinary Input Huddles for Elective, High-Risk Patients – White Plains Hospital
- 5.7 - Management Plan for Patients with Positive Geriatric Vulnerability Screens
- Management Plan for Patients with Positive Geriatric Vulnerability Screens – Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
- Utilizing Epic to Facilitate Implementation of Geriatric Vulnerability Assessments, Management Plans, & Interdisciplinary Input Huddles for Elective, High-Risk Patients – White Plains Hospital
- 5.8 - Interdisciplinary Input or Conference for Elective, High-Risk Patients
- Establishing Interdisciplinary Input for Elective, High-Risk Patients – Unity Hospital, Rochester Regional Health
- How to Implement an Interdisciplinary Conference at your Hospital – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
- Development of a Geriatric Multidisciplinary Conference – Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Utilizing Epic to Facilitate Implementation of Geriatric Vulnerability Assessments, Management Plans, & Interdisciplinary Input Huddles for Elective, High-Risk Patients – White Plains Hospital
- 5.10 - Return of Personal Sensory Equipment
- 5.16 - Assessment of Geriatric Vulnerabilities at Discharge
- 5.18 - Communication with Post-Acute Care Facilities
- 6.1 - Data Collection and Review
- 7.1 - Geriatric Surgery Quality Improvement/Process Improvement Project
- 8.2 - Geriatric Education of Surgeons and Advanced Practice Providers
- 8.3 - Geriatric Education of Nurses
ACS has also released a GSV resources page with a range of tools and resources.
Go to the podcast series page.
Download the GSV standards.
Learn about other GSV Resources.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of the ACS GSV program.
