Geriatric Trauma Clinical Pathway Team Wins SMCI Award
February 13, 2023
"Association Between Implementation of a Geriatric Trauma Clinical Pathway and Changes in Rates of Delirium in Older Adults With Traumatic Injury” was the top-scoring submission for this year’s Excellence in Improvement Publication Award by a first-author trainee. This award is presented by Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement (SMCI) Evaluation, Research, Publications and Grant (ERPG) Work Group.
The original investigation was published in _JAMA Surgery_ on June 8. First author Caroline Park, Md PhD is a Geriatrics Fellow while senior author Kristan Staudenmayer, MD, MS, FACS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgyer's Trauma and Critical Care Section.
Dr. Staudenmayer was interviewed about the new clinical pathway for older adults on the Department's podcast. Listen to the episode here.
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