Annual Hip Fracture Management Conference 2013

MANAGING HIP FRACTURES IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL SETTING: IMPROVING PATIENT PATHWAYS AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE MODELS

Pioneering Case Studies And Key Presentations Addressing:
. Current trends in hip fracture management guidelines
. Innovative models of care being implemented
. Peri-operative patient flow
. Pre-operative considerations and best practice
. Post-operative care and rehab models
. Pain Management
. Reducing pressure ulcers in hip fracture patients
. Managing delirium and dementia
. Multi-disciplinary models of care
. Forecasts for the future of quality standards

Interactive Panel Discussion: Organisational Approaches To Multidisciplinary Service Models.
. Detailing collaborative orthogeriatric care models for preoperative patient assessment, postoperative medical care, multidisciplinary rehabilitation and discharge planning
. Formal arrangements for coordination
. Clinical and cost effectiveness
. Effect on length of stay
. Ensuring continued, coordinated, orthogeriatric and multidisciplinary review.