HMC Geriatric Clinical Council

Purpose

The Geriatric Council informs and guides the strategic, clinical, and operational initiatives at HMC including allocation of resources, utilization review, and quality assurance issues as appropriate.

This is unpublished

Committee Goals

  • Improve outcome of geriatric patients at Harborview Medical Center

  • Implementation of best practice guidelines to decrease complications and length-of-stay in the geriatric patients

  • Creation and implementation of protocols and Power-Plans to streamline and improve care of the geriatric patients

  • Data gathering and analyses in the vulnerable geriatric population-Quality Assurance

Meeting Schedule

The Geriatric Council will meet monthly (minimum of 9 meetings per year) on the first Wednesday of the Month at 4pm, shall maintain a permanent record of its proceedings, and shall report to the Medical Executive Board.

Leadership

The council structure is multidisciplinary including therapies, nursing, physicians, quality improvement, trauma, and IT representation.

Clinical Databases Utilized by the Geriatric Clinical Council

RETROSPECTIVE GERI INFO

A2E Geriatric Council Dashboard

Geri Trauma Cover Page

Geri Burns Cover Page

LIVE DAILY GERI INPATIENT INFO 

Please complete an access request form for the SSRS report. Specify the HMC > Quality Improvement > Geriatric collection on the first page. Leave the "Collection Owner Information" section blank. Email the completed form to jlowe@uw.edu or fax to 206.744.9957.

GERI TRAUMA RETROSPECTIVE

Please complete an access request form for the SSRS report. Specify the HMC > Quality Improvement > Geriatric Trauma Retrospective collection on the first page. Leave the "Collection Owner Information" section blank. Email the completed form to jlowe@uw.edu or fax to 206.744.9957. Please confirm access request with Dr. O’Connell.

POST-DISCHARGE GERI MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD (PRE-MANAGE DATA):

Access to HBI: 

  1. Go to the Analytics site https://one.uwmedicine.org/sites/its/Analytics
  2. Click on the purple "Request Access" button on the right
  3. Complete the form. Where it asks for "Access Needed", choose "HBI/Explorer (Spotfire) - End User"
  4. Your manager will receive an email for approval