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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Resources

Site Resources

The following list of resources serve as tools to help you to introduce the GSV Program to individuals at your hospital, assess your preparation for implementing the standards, and prepare for site visits:

GSV Gap Analysis

Steps in the GSV Verification Process

GSV Virtual Site Visit Guidelines

GSV Site Visit Agenda

Introduction to the GSV Program PPT

What Is the GSV Program & What Does It Mean for My Care? Brochure

Frequently Asked Questions

Diagnostic Excellence of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment in the Surgical Setting

In 2022, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), jointly funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation, to develop comprehensive educational resources to improve surgical care and outcomes for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias who are undergoing surgery (read full press release). From this initiative, the ACS developed the following comprehensive educational resources focused on the accurate, consistent diagnosis and appropriate treatment of dementia and cognitive impairment for the purpose of promoting patient safety, equitable care, and decreased hospital resource use.

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GSV Insight Podcast Series

GSV Insight is an educational series consisting of short, podcast-style videos focused on how specific standards are being implemented in participating 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. In addition, each podcast video has an accompanying transcription that can be easily downloaded or printed to be included in your notes as a convenient reference.

GSV Podcasts

Other Resources

AGS Geriatrics Virtual Patient Cases Modules

The American Geriatrics Society released the Geriatrics Virtual Patient Cases (VPC) Modules for Surgical and Related Medical Sub-Specialties on Geriatrics Care Online. There are nine cases (with one additional case coming soon) focused on the geriatrics aspects of surgical and related medical subspecialty care of older adults, developed to help diplomates gain a better understanding of the common challenges that can arise in this population. Each case provides separate CME credits and MOC points, and is available for free to the first 1,000 subscribers.

Publications

Implementation Publications

Making a Financial Case for the Geriatric Surgery Verification Program

Annals of Surgery, June 2024

 

Implementation of a Multispecialty Geriatric Surgery Pathway Reduces Inpatient Cost for Frail Patients

Annals of Surgery, October 2023

 

Multisite Implementation of an American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Quality Improvement Initiative

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), August 2023

 

Early Outcomes Following Implementation of a Multispecialty Geriatric Surgery Pathway

Annals of Surgery, June 2023

 

Improving Geriatric Surgical Quality Is Feasible for a Wide Range of Hospitals

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), April 26, 2023

 

Public Opinions About Surgery in Older Adults A Thematic Analysis

Annals of Surgery, March 2023

 

Shared Decision Making in the Geriatric Surgery Verification Program: Assessing Baseline Performance

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, June 2023

 

Preliminary data demonstrate the Geriatric Surgery Verification program reduces postoperative length of stay

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), April 7, 2021

 

Evaluation of Postoperative Functional Health Status Decline Among Older Adults

JAMA Surgery, August 19, 2020

 

Launching a Geriatric Surgery Center: Recommendations from the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), July 13, 2020

 

Enhancing the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator to Predict Geriatric Outcomes

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), January 2020

 

Optimizing the Feasibility and Scalability of a Geriatric Surgery Quality Improvement Initiative

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, February 12, 2019

 

Postoperative Delirium as a Target for Surgical Quality Improvement

Annals of Surgery, July 2018

 

Application of the RAND-UCLA Appropriateness Methodology to a Large Multidisciplinary Stakeholder Group Evaluating the Validity and Feasibility of Patient-Centered Standards in Geriatric Surgery

Health Services Research, March 22, 2018

 

Hospital Standards to Promote Optimal Surgical Care of the Older Adult
A Report From the Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery

Annals of Surgery, February 2018

 

Optimizing Surgical Quality Datasets to Care for Older Adults: Lessons from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Geriatric Surgery Pilot

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), December 2017

 

Association of Loss of Independence With Readmission and Death After Discharge in Older Patients After Surgical Procedures

JAMA Surgery, September 21, 2016

 

Optimal Preoperative Assessment of the Geriatric Surgical Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), October 2012

General Media