GEDC Webinar Recording: Implementing an Observational Unit Model in the Geriatric ED
The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) held a webinar December 7, "Implementing an Observational Unit Model in the Geriatric ED."
The goals of the webinar were:
- To explore strategies to extend the assessment of complex older patients using an observation unit model in the Geriatric ED;
- To consider funding models and approaches to financing an observation unit approach;
- To hear first-hand experiences from various international sites about the function of their observation units, frailty units, clinical decision units, etc.;
- To provide resources – workflows, job descriptions, assessment tools – that may help you start an observation unit.
Panelists included:
- Simon Conroy, MD, Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Leicester
- Stephen Meldon, MD, Senior Vice Chair; Institute Patient Experience Officer, Emergency Services Institute at Cleveland Clinic Academic Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU
- Lauren Southerland, MD, Director, Geriatric ED, OSU Medical Centre
To watch the recording and to download the slides, click here.
To go to GEDC's COVID-19 Toolkit, click here.
