title: Innovative ED older persons' care: a report on an initiative developed in Southampton Hospital ED.
abstract: This paper reports on the development of an innovative project-the Older Persons' Outreach and Support Team' (OPOST) - within University Hospital of Southampton's Emergency Department. The achievements of this Team are benchmarked against the 'quality, innovation, productivity, prevention' (QIPP) agenda. The demographic changes resulting in the UK's ageing patient population are also discussed in this context.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Southampton, Tremona Road, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom. esther.clift@uhs.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Esther L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Clift
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D000368:Aged; D019985:Benchmarking; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000517:prevention & control; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D058996:Quality Improvement; D006113:United Kingdom