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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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