GEDC Webinar: Accreditation of a Geriatric ED

GEDC

The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) is holding a webinar on March 14, "Accreditation of a Geriatric ED.”

The event is a conversation with geriatric emergency leaders on the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation program, the three levels of accreditation, how to move up the accreditation ladder and some ED processes that lead to accreditation.

Speakers include:

  • Moderator: Don Melady, MD, emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, a founding member of the GEDC
  • Kevin Biese, MD, MAT Emergency Physician, Chair of the ACEP Geriatric ED Accreditation Board of Governors
  • Nida Degesys, MD Medical Director, Geriatric Emergency Department, University of California at San Francisco
  • Luna Ragsdale, MD, Medical Director Geriatric ED, Veterans Administration Durham, North Carolina
  • Aaron Malsch, RN, MSN, GCNS-BC, AAH System Geri ED Program Manager, Wisconsin and Illinois
  • Nicole Tidwell, Senior Accreditation Program Manager, American College of Emergency Physicians
  • Bridgette Dollhopf, RN, BSN, Manager of Nursing Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Emergency Department and Urgent Cares
  • Mitch Erickson, BSN, MSN, Geriatric ED Advanced Practice Nurse, University of California, San Francisco

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