The four different approaches to establishing geriatric emergency department services vary in the amount of resources required. Over the past five years, four primary models for geriatric emergency ...

Geriatric emergency departments are being added to hospitals nationwide as COVID-19 and a rapidly aging population illuminate these patients’ vulnerability and distinct needs. An estimated 10,000 baby ...

Many emergency departments are currently unable to provide care for geriatric patients that meets best practices and guidelines recommended by several major medical organizations, but a panel ...

The rapid growth of the geriatric population in the United States translates to more emergency department visits and associated complications from injury and disease. To address this challenge, in ...

Woodland Heights Medical Center announced recently that it has earned a Level 3 (bronze) accreditation as a Geriatric Emergency Department by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. Photo courtesy of the Scripps Health The American College of Emergency Physicians has awarded all four of Scripps Health’s hospital emergency departments ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Aug. 15, 2018) – Dupont Hospital is home to the first ER in Indiana accredited by the American College of Emergency Physicians as a Geriatric Emergency Department for its focus on ...

The emergency department at St. Luke’s Miners Campus recently attained Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians, demonstrating a commitment to the ...

Banner-University Medical Center Tucson has earned geriatric emergency department accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians. The hospital’s emergency room at 1625 N. Campbell Ave ...