PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine adoption, fidelity, sustainability, acceptability, and appropriateness/feasibility of implementing the American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification (ACS GSV) Program at the James Cancer Hospital.
II. To compare clinical outcomes before and after ACS GSV implementation at the James Cancer Hospital.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To estimate the costs and incremental cost effectiveness of implementing each of the six ACS GSV standards.
II. To develop and validate a Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) fidelity index and examine dose response relationships with patient outcomes.
III. To use the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) model paired with the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to identify determinants of referrals to the Cancer and Aging Resiliency (CARE) clinic and also to determine the use of the GSV goals of care dot phrase among surgeons.
OUTLINE: Surgical services are randomized to 1 of 3 groups and participants are assigned to the group to which their service was randomized.
GROUP 1: Participants complete the Serious Illness Conversation Program (SICP) over two months (months 1-2). Participants then implement the ACS GSV program into surgical services over four months (months 3-6) followed by a transition period over 1 month (month 7) and continued maintenance implementation of the ACS GSV program over 9 months (months 8-16).
GROUP 2: Participants complete the SICP workshop over two months (months 6-7). Participants then implement the ACS GSV program into surgical services over four months (months 8-11) followed by a transition period over 1 month (month 12) and continued maintenance implementation of the ACS GSV program over 4 months (months 13-16).
GROUP 3: Participants complete the SICP workshop over two months (months 11-12). Participants then implement the ACS GSV program into surgical services over four months (months 13-16).
