AMDA On-The-Go | The Geriatric Inpatient Fracture Services (GIFTS) program

Dr. Esteban Franco Garcia, MD is a geriatric medicine specialist in Boston, MA. He currently practices at MGH Beacon Hill Primary Care and is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. In this podcast Dr. Franco Garcia discusses his work at MGH in the Geriatric Inpatient Fracture Services (GIFTS) intervention program.

 

References:

• "Introducing the ACS Geriatric Surgery Verification Program".
• "Geriatric Inpatient Fracture Service (GIFTS) ", Oct. 2020.
• Gioffre-fliorio, et. al., "Trauma in elderly patients: a study of prevalence, comorbidities and gender differences", Il Giornale di Chirugia, 2018.
• Fry et. al., "High Acuity Unit in SNF: Novel Program to Improve Quality of Care for Post-Acute Patients", JAMDA, 2018.