The Johns Hopkins Delirium Consortium: One Model for Collaborating Across Disciplines and Departments for Delirium Prevention and Treatment

Delirium is an important syndrome affecting inpatients in various hospital settings. This article focuses on multidisciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration for advancing efforts in delirium clinical care and research. One model for such collaboration is represented by the Johns Hopkins Delirium Consortium, which includes members from the disciplines of Nursing, Medicine, Rehabilitation Therapy, Psychology, and Pharmacy within the Departments/Divisions of Anesthesiology, Geriatrics, Oncology, Orthopedic Surgery, Psychiatry, Critical Care Medicine, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. This paper describes the process involved in developing functional collaboration around delirium, and highlights projects, opportunities, and challenges resulting from them.