Implementing a Geriatric Emergency Department for Improved Patient Safety and Throughput

Geriatric patients have special needs that often go overlooked in a typical ED. Yet an innovative approach to geriatric emergent care pioneered by St Joseph’s Regional Medical Center (NJ) is addressing this problem. The geriatric ED at SJRMC provides geriatric specific care to patients who meet certain admission criteria. Thus far, the geriatric unit has succeeded in delivering specialized care while improving patient safety and improving overall ED throughput. Join us, as Dr. Mark Rosenberg of St. Joseph's demonstrates how to implement a geriatric ED including design considerations, barriers to implementation, staffing and triage/screening criteria.

Attend this webinar and learn how to implement a geriatric ED at your facility including:

• How to design your unit
• Overcoming barriers to implementation
• Training your staff –sensitivity and clinical skills
• Patient triage and screening-the 5 levels of acuity
• Palliative care in the ED
• Results-improving geriatric care, reducing adverse drug interactions and alleviating your ED

• Chief Medical Officers
• Chief Operating Officers
• Chief Nursing Officers

• Emergency Medicine
• Patient Flow
• Logistics/Operations
• Case Management
• Triage
• Admissions
• Discharge Planning