GEDC Webinar Recording: What Matters in the ED - Addressing Goals of Care and Meeting the CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure in the Geriatric Emergency Department

GEDC webinar What Matters in the ED Addressing goals of care and meeting CMS Age Friendly Hospital Measure in the Geriatric Emergency Department

The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) held a webinar on November 18, "What Matters in the ED: Addressing Goals of Care and Meeting CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure in the Geriatric Emergency Department."

Webinar speakers discussed how Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) and GEDC resources can help emergency departments (ED) reach the new CMS age-friendly hospital measures and how these measures connect with “what matters most” in EDs.

The expert panel included:

  • Kevin Biese, MD, MAT, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Co-Director, Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
  • Aaron Malsch, RN, MSN, GCNS-BC, GEDC Program Director, UNC Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Christina Shenvi, MD, PhD, MBA, FACEP, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, John W. Foust ’55 Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, President of the UNC Academy of Educators, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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