Geriatric Emergency Departments 4.0: Accreditation, Dissemination, Sustainability and Evaluation

Grant Summary

This initiative will make emergency department care more age-friendly for older adults through three grants:

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (PI: Kevin Biese, $1,999,959), will continue support for the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) to reach 10,000 emergency department clinicians with educational resources, consultation and training.

• New York University, (PI: Ula Hwang, $1,031,333), will support the GEDC by continuing to study the evidence of impact from geriatric emergency department interventions, with 25 manuscripts planned for the Journal of Emergency Medicine.

• The American College of Emergency Physicians, (PI: Sandra Schneider, $996,273), will receive funding to continue the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) program, which recognizes emergency departments for meeting a set of standards and best practices. The GEDA program aims to expand from the current 370 accredited sites to 900 emergency departments, reaching over four million older adults.

The John A. Hartford Foundation will continue partnering with the West Health Institute to support this initiative.

Related Grant Resources

• Geriatrics Emergency Department Collaborative
• Geriatrics Emergency Department Accreditation Program
• West Health Press Release: Accredited Geriatric Emergency Departments Continue to Grow Within VA Hospitals
• One-pager: Evolving the Standard of Care - The Role of Geriatric Emergency Departments
• Previous Phase: Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) 3.0 - Expanding Dissemination and Enhancing Evaluation