Franciscan Health Crown Point recently earned the bronze standard Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
The program recognizes emergency departments that provide excellent care to older adults. The voluntary program provides specific target criteria and goals for emergency clinicians and administrators.
Accredited geriatric emergency departments are better suited to cater to the needs, dispositions and presentations of older adult patients. The accredited departments provide standardized, integrated care that can reduce system costs and drive better, healthier outcomes, often via the integration of best practices for older adults into an existing emergency department…