Implementation of an Evidence-Based Inpatient Delirium Prevention Program – Real Life Barriers and Successes

Despite the wealth of evidence to demonstrate the success of comprehensive non-pharmacologic interventions in the prevention of delirium in hospitalized patients, at our hospital these preventative measures are not standard practice. We developed a multidisciplinary delirium project including residents, faculty, nursing, pharmacy and volunteer colleagues.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 22, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Lisa Sanders, L.K. Sanders, T. James, B. Pedroja Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research