# Hartford Hospital Advances Delirium Care

> Hartford Hospital presents the numerous QI projects that have built upon one another as a continuous effort to improve delirium care.

About This Event

The BRAIN Project brings together the Alzheimer's Association and the Geriatric ED Collaborative (GEDC) with the support of the West Health Institute. Its goal is to identify high-performing hospitals, understand how their models work, and translate those lessons into practical tools for other health systems to adopt. To begin the process, the BRAIN team hosts Best Practice Accelerator Community (BPAC) sessions, in which select sites share and discuss successful delirium interventions.

Watch the Hartford HealthCare BPAC

Hartford HealthCare presented their incredible work at the first-ever Best Practice Accelerator Community (BPAC) session as part of the GEDC Healthcare Systems Roundtable. The discussion included other health systems dedicated to better geriatric emergency care, and it led to some valuable insights.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZMdIpALQAA

Event Details

Speakers

Sowmya Kurtakoti, MD

Chief of Geriatrics, Hartford Hospital; Medical Director of Geriatric Service Line, Hartford HealthCare Medical Group

Christine M. Waszynski, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, FAAN 

American Delirium Society Board Member

Anna-Rae Montano, PhD, RN, MEDSURG-BC, OCN, CPAFH

Program Manager of Inpatient Geriatric Services, Hartford Hospital

Katherine Farmer, MD

Leading Geriatric Emergency QI, Hartford Hospital

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Supporting Materials

Read more about the interventions and outcomes the ED team implemented at Hartford Hospital.

BLOG | September 11, 2026

Hartford Hospital Builds on Success to Advance Delirium Care Across the System

A summary of the information presented in the BRAIN Project’s first Best Practice Accelerator Community (BPAC) session where Hartford Hospital shared their delirium-focused quality improvement programs.

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The BRAIN Project

Creating Dementia and Delirium Friendly Hospitals

This event has been made possible by the BRAIN (Brain-Healthy Care for Acute and Inpatient Environments) Project — an initiative designed to help health systems directly address the challenge of cognitive impairment.

BRAIN connects leading hospitals to explore interventions for dementia and delirium in ED and inpatient settings. Participating sites share successful approaches, formalizing what works best for broader adoption. 

From there, other health systems are equipped to transform care, turning what is already known into what is widely practiced.

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