JAGs Paper: Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations: Transitional Care Nurses and Hospital Use
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGs) has published a paper by Ula Hwang, MD, MPH, et al, "Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations: Transitional Care Nurses and Hospital Use."
Roughly one third of all patients age 65 and older visiting emergency departments (EDs) nationwide are admitted to the hospital. The Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations program, focused on geriatric transitional care, has reduced the risk of unnecessary admission of older patients at Northwestern Medicine by 33 percent, according to the study from Northwestern University, Mount Sinai Medical Center and St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center.
The study concluded that targeted evaluation by geriatric ED transitions of care staff may be an effective delivery innovation to reduce risk of inpatient admission.
The authors include John A. Hartford Foundation grantees working on the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative.
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To read the press release, click here.