Hartford Geriatrics Leadership Development Program

Funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation since 2001, the Hartford Geriatrics Leadership Development Program offered intensive leadership training opportunities for appointed directors of geriatric academic programs and an annual networking and educational leadership retreat for program directors who are current members of ADGAP.

The 2012 Leadership Retreat was held January 13-15, 2012 at the Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, CA. Links to the agenda and presentation slides are listed below.

Phase III of the Hartford Geriatrics Leadership Development Program, under the direction of Drs. Seth Landefeld, Laura Mosqueda and Jan Busby-Whitehead, includes a continuation of the ADGAP Leadership Retreats until 2013 and a Collective Action Project component. The Collective Action Project calls for ADGAP members to take on two projects in the next two years that will advance the field of geriatrics and/or academic geriatrics. In addition, as part of this initiative, ADGAP will be working with AGS on GME Funding to ensure care of older people is supported (the AGS public policy department is leading this effort and a work group has been established that includes ADGAP members).

The two collective projects are detailed as follows:

Productivity: New Ways for Geriatric Academic Programs to Demonstrate Their Value to Their Institution. (Productivity Project)

• This project includes the production of a paper on Models for Payment for Patient Care in academic geriatric programs.  Dr. Neil Resnick is spearheading this project and will focus on the history of the RVU, where they came from, how they are used, and the ways they do not outline the full value of geriatricians. The paper will also provide examples of proposed alternatives to RVUs. 

Toolkits: Development and dissemination of toolkits applying principles of leadership and management that will assist Program Directors create new programs and build a business case at their institutions.

• This project includes three teams creating tools that they presented at the 2012 Leadership Retreat, which will serve as templates that can be replicated and implemented by Program Directors at other institutions.

ACE Units - Jim Goodwin, MD, Mike Malone, MD, & Kyle Allen, MD

Geriatrics Clinics - Jim Campbell, MD & Jane Potter, MD

Delirium – Initiating a Hospital Elder Life Program - Sharon Inouye, MD & Mark Supiano, MD

The toolkits developed are available below.

Case Based Study Sessions - Toolkits

ACE Units – Kyle Allen, MD

1. Acute Care for Elders: Creating the Business Case (Power Point Slides)
2. Business Model for Mercy ACE Unit
3. Site Visit Ad (Summa Health System example)
4. ACE Manual Ad (Summa Health System example)
5. ACE Care Plan Guidelines
6. ACE Admission Criteria
7. ACE Mission and Philosophy
8. High Risk Medication in Elderly Patients
9. Job Description ACE Medical Director

ACE Units – Jim Goodwin, MD

1. Geriatric Program Planning (Power Point Slides)

ACE Units – Mike Malone, MD

1. Acute Care for Elders – Improving the Quality and Safety of Older Hospitalized Patients (Power Point Slides)
2. ACE Cards
3. ACE Tracker and e-Geriatrician – Article from JAGS

Geriatrics Clinics – Jim Campbell, MD

1. Business Case Development (Power Point Slides)
2. Participant Worksheet

Geriatrics Clinics – Jane Potter, MD

1. Tools for Building Quality and Safety in Outpatient Care (Power Point Slides)
2. Medical Officer Survey Worksheet

Delirium – Initiating a Hospital Elder Life Program – Sharon Inouye, MD

1. The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP): Resources for Implementation (Power Point Slides)
2. http://hospitalelderlifeprogram.org

Delirium – Initiating a Hospital Elder Life Program – Mark Supiano, MD

1. Getting HELP (Hospital Elder Life Program) for at Risk Older Patients (Power Point Slides)

Leadership Retreat Presentation Slides (Please click on the presenter’s name to access the slides)

Reducing Hospital Readmissions – Seth Landefeld, MD, Stefan Gravenstein, MD, Laurie Jacobs, MD & Paul McGann, MD

Keynote: Leadership (from small to big) – David Reuben, MD

Dinner & Keynote Discussion: New Geriatrics Approaches to Improving Care for All Patients – Paul McGann, MD

The RVU Model in Academic Geriatric Programs: Benefits, Risks and Alternatives: Brainstorming the Way Forward – Neil Resnick, MD

Unusual Places to Look for Money – Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD & Jeff Williamson, MD

Productivity: Clinical and Academic – David Reuben, MD

Internal Marketing of Geriatrics – Barbara Messinger-Rapport, MD

Click Here to access the agenda from the 2012 Leadership Retreat