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.
Franciscan Health’s work on GEDA accreditation has been years in the making, after a multidisciplinary team met to discuss their desire to enhance the care of the hospital’s growing geriatric patient population in the emergency department.
“It is a partnership that involves input from nursing, physicians, pharmacists, physical therapy, trauma services, social work and case management to provide a myriad of resources tailored to each individual patient,” said Franciscan Health Crown Point Vice President of Medical Affairs Ryan Misek, DO, FACOEP, FACEP. “We want our community to know that the emergency department at Franciscan Health Crown Point is focused on the highest standards of care for our community’s older citizens.”
Franciscan Health Crown Point is located at 12750 Saint Francis Drive at the intersection of Interstate 65 and U.S. 231. More information about services offered at the hospital is available online or by phone at (219) 738-2100.
