Resources

Impact of American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification Program in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Oncologic Operation at a Cancer Center
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, December 2024

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, 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, 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, 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, July 13, 2020

Enhancing the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator to Predict Geriatric Outcomes
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 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, 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, October 2012

Discharge to Post-Acute Care as a Benchmarking Metric for Elderly Surgical Patients 
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, August 2025

Perceptions of 30-Day Postoperative Function Compared to Quantified Performance: Factors Affecting Perceived Functional Decline in Patients Aged 80 Years and Older 
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, July 2025 

Octogenarians unable to return home by postoperative-day 30 - The American Journal of Surgery
The American Journal of Surgery, December 2024 

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

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

Program to improve outcomes for geriatric surgery patients shows promise in a hospital setting

Bulletin American College of Surgeons, October 3, 2020

Improving the Surgery Experience for Older Adults

AARP, July 26, 2019

ACS develops new standards to improve surgical care for elderly patients

Fierce Healthcare, July 23, 2019

New standards aim to improve surgery for the oldest patients

AP News, July 19, 2019

From blueprints to blastoff: Launching the GSV Quality Improvement Program

Bulletin American College of Surgeons, July 1, 2019

ACS NSQIP/AGS Perioperative Guidelines

• ACS NSQIP/AGS Optimal Perioperative Care of the Geriatric Patient Download
• Optimal Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the ACS NSQIP/AGS

ACS NSQIP/AGS Preoperative Guidelines

• ACS NSQIP/AGS Best Practice Guidelines: Optimal Preoperative Assessment of the Geriatric Surgical Patient Download

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.

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) Educational Series

The five courses in the CAPC educational series may be accessed through the ACS course catalog.

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