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S14.3 Managing Increased Healthcare Service Demands 14:30 Convention Hall C

Trans-disciplinary Care in Geriatric Surgery
Tan KY
Department of General Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2017
Delivering comprehensive surgical care increasingly requires well-coordinated sub-specialty and allied healthcare. The
current set-up of multi-disciplinary care may no longer be effective. This presentation will explore the pitfalls of multi-
disciplinary care. Trans-disciplinary care is an evolution of multi-disciplinary care that aims to address some of the
deficiencies of current management models. Through this change in the model of care one may better negotiate the
complexities of elderly surgical care through holistic management of socioeconomic, functional and health status while
mitigating co-morbidities, frailty and ensuring good functional recovery. This model builds on existing models but involves
reorganisation in administrative, organisational and individual functions. Care must be individualised and gone beyond
traditional treatments and outcome measures. Through this we have managed to decrease post-operative complications by
more than 50% and reduce ward stay at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

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