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Preparing Older Adults for Major Surgery With Preoperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Summary
The researchers will conduct observations, interviews, and focus groups with clinicians, staff and patients of the Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) clinic, which conducts preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessments (pCGA) at UW Health to understand clinic processes and potential areas for improvement. The goal is to (1) create a process map describing clinic workflow and (2) redesign the process with healthcare providers and patients/families.
Official title: Preparing Older Adults for Major Abdominal Surgery: a Systems Engineering Approach to Implement Preoperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Start Date
2023-06-14
Completion Date
2028-04-30
Last Updated
2026-02-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Process Mapping: Observations
Direct observations of the POSH clinic visit.
Process Mapping: Interviews
Semi-structured interviews of patients and providers involved in the POSH clinic.
Process Mapping: Focus Group
Focus group of providers and staff who conduct the POSH clinic.
Participatory Design
Participatory design, also called "co-design" is a systems engineering approach where the researchers and participants work together in designing the workflow of an intervention. There will be two groups (design teams) of patients/caregivers and healthcare professionals per location, for a total of four groups.
Locations (1)
UW Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin, United States