The Johns Hopkins Delirium Consortium: A Model for Collaborating Across Disciplines and Departments for Delirium Prevention and Treatment

Delirium is an important syndrome affecting inpatients in various hospital settings. This article focuses on multidisciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration to advance efforts in delirium clinical care and research. The Johns Hopkins Delirium Consortium, which includes members from the discipl...

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Published in:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2011-11, Vol.59 (s2), p.S244-S248
Main Authors: Neufeld, Karin J., Joseph Bienvenu, O., Rosenberg, Paul B., Mears, Simon C., Lee, Hochang B., Kamdar, Biren B., Sieber, Frederick E., Krumm, Sharon K., Walston, Jeremy D., Hager, David N., Touradji, Pegah, Needham, Dale M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Collaboration
Consortia
Cooperative Behavior
Delirium
Delirium - prevention & control
Delirium - therapy
delirium care and prevention
Hospital Departments
Humans
inpatient care
interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary Communication
Models, Organizational
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Summary:Delirium is an important syndrome affecting inpatients in various hospital settings. This article focuses on multidisciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration to advance efforts in delirium clinical care and research. The Johns Hopkins Delirium Consortium, which includes members from the disciplines of nursing, medicine, rehabilitation therapy, psychology, and pharmacy within the departments and divisions of anesthesiology, geriatrics, oncology, orthopedic surgery, psychiatry, critical care medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, is one model of such collaboration. This article describes the process involved in developing functional collaboration around delirium and highlights projects, opportunities, and challenges resulting from them.
ISSN:0002-8614
1532-5415
DOI:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03672.x