@article{3966d5eb5f764aaca3c82c4bf7fc9f65,
title = "Geriatrics-for-Specialists Initiative: An Eleven-Specialty Collaboration to Improve Care of Older Adults",
abstract = "In the early 1990s, visionary leaders at the American Geriatrics Society and The John A. Hartford Foundation recognized that the marked and growing shortage of geriatrics healthcare professionals would lead to a U.S. healthcare system ill prepared to provide optimal care for the ever-increasing number of older Americans. Led by the late Dennis W. Jahnigen, MD, they set forth a plan to address this shortage by collaborating with surgical and related medical specialists to create a series of programs to foster the highest quality care of older adults. Their unique programmatic vision was that every physician, not just geriatricians, would have basic knowledge and skills in geriatric care, because geriatricians cannot and should not meet the need alone.",
keywords = "geriatrics, specialties, specialty, surgery",
author = "Lee, {Andrew G.} and Burton, {John A.} and Lundebjerg, {Nancy E.}",
note = "Funding Information: This project would not have been possible without the leadership and dedication of two committed geriatricians: the late Drs. Dennis Jahnigen and David Solomon. A published tribute to Dr. Solomon can be found in JAGS. The GSI would not have been possible without the commitment and dedication of the council, section members, and many of the staff and leaders of the AGS. Many should be acknowledged, especially AGS staff members Janis Eisner, Rachel Edberg Silverman, Elizabeth Haranas, Marianna Drootin, and Erin Obrusniak. Conflict of Interest: Drs. Burton and Lee and Ms. Lundebjerg receive grants from JAHF through their work on GSI. Dr. Lee receives royalties from several ophthalmology textbooks and is involved in legaland malpractice testimony. Author Contributions: All authors contributed to this paper. Sponsor's Role: JAHF supported the work of this paper with a grant to the AGS GSI. Funding Information: Sponsor{\textquoteright}s Role: JAHF supported the work of this paper with a grant to the AGS GSI. Funding Information: In October 2014, the AGS released the Clinical Practice Guideline for Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults,7 designed to enable healthcare professionals and hospital systems to implement evidence-based measures to prevent and treat this life-threatening problem, the most common postoperative complication in older adults. A multispe-cialty, multidisciplinary expert panel developed the guideline, which was funded through a grant from JAHF in support of GSI. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Copyright the Authors Journal compilation {\textcopyright} 2017, The American Geriatrics Society",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1111/jgs.14963",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "65",
pages = "2140--2145",
journal = "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society",
issn = "0002-8614",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "10",
}