Definition
Surgical Patient Optimization Collaborative is a structured, multi-disciplinary, pre-habilitation program designed to provide personalized support to patients in order to achieve improved outcomes after surgery.
Purpose
With an increasingly aging population, there are a growing number of patients with complex conditions. Bringing improvements in assessment and management through this collaborative aims to reduce adverse events, increase patient and caregiver satisfaction, and improve post-operative outcomes.
Sizing it Up
The Surgical Patient Optimization Collaborative is being launched by the Specialist Services Committee (SSC), in partnership with the Shared Care Committee (SCC) and the General Practitioners Services Committee (GPSC). With the support of health authorities, the collaborative is being implemented for a total of 18 months (May, 2019 to Dec, 2020) of interactive, multi-disciplinary learning fueled by in-person learning sessions and action periods, designed to support the implementation of optimization processes and components. Teams will be supported throughout the period of the collaborative to create a sustainable optimization process in order to be able to continue this work beyond the time period of the collaborative.
Things to Know
Patient Optimization is designed to assist patients to prepare for an elective procedure, so they experience improved post-surgical outcomes. Some mental and physical conditions may impact the patients’ ability to recover or achieve the best possible outcomes after an elective procedure. Patient Optimization is designed to focus on both the mental and physical aspects of surgery, therefore decreasing pre-surgical risk factors so that patients can obtain high quality outcomes after surgery. Components of optimization will include:
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Access Support
Up to 16 teams will be supported by this collaborative. The selection criteria include previous experience and engagement in this work, readiness assessment scores, and health authority support. Teams will also be chosen based on regional diversity and fair representation across health authorities. Each team is expected to have two or more members depending of the scope of the project. A specialist physician lead, and a co-lead are required, however, you may also include other health practitioners including Nurse Practitioners, General Practitioners, Nurses, Allied Health etc.
Interested in applying to be a collaborative site or have questions? Please send us an email and we’ll connect with you.
Funding
Selected teams will be supported with funding to engage physicians and support multi-disciplinary team members in this work through:
- Provision of sessional time for specialists and GPs for participation
- Travel cost to each of the learning sessions for up to six members per team
- Project support funding that is outside the scope of the health authority partner
- Data collection support where needed
Contact
For more information, please contact: Geoff Schierbeck, SSC Liaison at: gschierbeck@doctorsofbc.ca