Book contents
- Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department
- Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Making the Case for a Geriatric Emergency Department
- Chapter 2 Starting a Geriatric Emergency Department
- Chapter 3 Overcoming Resistance: What to Do with “Yeah, But…”
- Chapter 4 You: An Approach to Your Older Emergency Department Patients
- Chapter 5 People: Adding Staffing and Training
- Chapter 6 Processes: Implementing Protocols and Policies
- Chapter 7 Place: Addressing the Physical Environment
- Chapter 8 Quality Improvement in the Geriatric Emergency Department: Getting Started
- Chapter 9 Launching Your Geriatric Emergency Department: From First Steps to Accreditation
- Appendix: Practical Resources and Links
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - Launching Your Geriatric Emergency Department: From First Steps to Accreditation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
- Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department
- Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Making the Case for a Geriatric Emergency Department
- Chapter 2 Starting a Geriatric Emergency Department
- Chapter 3 Overcoming Resistance: What to Do with “Yeah, But…”
- Chapter 4 You: An Approach to Your Older Emergency Department Patients
- Chapter 5 People: Adding Staffing and Training
- Chapter 6 Processes: Implementing Protocols and Policies
- Chapter 7 Place: Addressing the Physical Environment
- Chapter 8 Quality Improvement in the Geriatric Emergency Department: Getting Started
- Chapter 9 Launching Your Geriatric Emergency Department: From First Steps to Accreditation
- Appendix: Practical Resources and Links
- Index
- References
Summary
Describes the ACEP Geriatric ED Accreditation Program and how this guide can be used if preparing for it. Emphasizes that the scope of change may be small or large; pace may be gradual over years; or dramatic over a year. No wrong place to start; no wrong choices to make. Be bold.
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- Creating a Geriatric Emergency DepartmentA Practical Guide, pp. 111 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022