How to implement geriatric co-management in your hospital? Insights from the G-COACH feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geriatric co-management is advocated to manage frail patients in the hospital, but there is no guidance on how to implement such programmes in practice. This paper reports our experiences with implementing the 'Geriatric CO-mAnagement for Cardiology patients in the Hospital' (G-COACH) programme. We investigated if G-COACH was feasible to perform after the initial adoption, investigated how well the implementation strategy was able to achieve the implementation targets, determined how patients experienced receiving G-COACH, and determined how healthcare professionals experienced the implementation of G-COACH.

Methods

A feasibility study of the G-COACH programme was performed using a one-group experimental study design. G-COACH was previously implemented on two card

SUBMITTER: Van Grootven B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9059346 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature