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The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative is a worldwide network of stakeholders dedicated to improving the quality of emergency care for older adults.

The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) was developed in 2014, comprised of 9 leading healthcare systems, all with a commitment to the advancement of high-quality emergency care for older people.

Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).

It’s based on the 4Ms Framework for better care for older adults across all healthcare settings. https://www.johnahartford.org/grants-strategy/current-strategies/age-friendly/age-friendly-care

Care that is safe and based on what research shows are the most important things to pay attention to as we get older – the 4Ms: what Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility.

The Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) program is an ACEP-governed national accreditation organization which strives to improve the care of older adults presenting to the emergency department. This accreditation system promotes the goals of quality care for older people: enhanced staffing and education; geriatric-focused policies and protocols including transitions of care; quality improvement and metrics; and optimal preparation of the physical environment.

Geriatric ED accreditation is a path many hospitals and health systems are looking to pursue. Our collaborative works alongside hospitals seeking GEDA accreditation and can help them achieve their goals. Learn more about our consulting services.

All hospitals can make quality improvements to better serve the older adults in their community. At GEDC, we hope all hospitals will strive to do their best to improve the care provided to older adults. Accreditation provides a framework and pathway for your ED to do just that.

GEDA Accreditation is an excellent way to convey to your patients, colleagues, and community that your ED cares about the service they provide to older patients.

Preparing for accreditation allows the hospital and ED to focus on the needs of this complex and growing population and to ensure that the resources available to the ED meet the needs of the patients they serve. Early data from existing models of geriatric emergency care – models that promote best clinical practices and create a more positive and sensitive physical environment – show they have the potential to improve health outcomes, coordinate care more effectively, and reduce costs.

Yes! GEDC offers a range of services to assist you in pursuing accreditation and starting quality improvement projects at your hospital site. Check out our making the case toolkit for starters.

When you become a GEDC member, you’ll get access to tailored resources and personalized support from our core faculty. What’s more, you’ll have the opportunity to attend exclusive events, connect with an international community of clinicians, and elevate your ED’s reputation as a leader in geriatric emergency care. Join our network of hospitals that are dedicated to providing the best possible care to older adults. Find out more.

There is currently no fee for GEDC membership so every hospital has the opportunity to create the needed change in emergency care for older adults. Creating a GEDC membership has a number of benefits for a catered resources for your individual hospital or healthcare system. Check out member benefits.

There are Individual and Institutional Memberships.

You can be a GEDC Member as an individual and get access to continuing education credits and online learning, as well as all of our rich content library.

Institutions can become members and get access to team-training features that include a customized organization hub, the ability to add and remove team members, assign e-learning, track team progress, and more!

GEDC is really for anyone working in an emergency department who sees older adult patients. Anyone can become a member.

The Healthcare Systems Roundtable (HSR) is an intimate, curated conversation that sparks action. Our GEDC Healthcare Systems connect quarterly for a think session with multiple chosen speakers and a variety of perspectives on critical topics in improving the care of older adults across healthcare systems.

The HSR aligns West Health Institute, GEDC and GEDA resources to support Healthcare Systems in adopting and implementing GEDs at a systems-wide level. Systems like Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Cleveland Clinic, Advocate Aurora Health, and more join together to discuss systematic change.

Yes, explore our wide range of ED resources from blogs to podcasts to implementation toolkits. Check out our resources for accredited learning (AMA and ANCC credits available).

Yes, you can view our brochure here.

Make the case to your leadership, check out accreditation requirements and access e-learning and assign courses to your team members to prepare for protocol you hope to implement.

Creating an account is easy. Simply follow the steps on our sign-up page. You can search our database to see if your organization is already a GEDC Hospital Member. If your organization has an account, you can request to join and an email will be sent to your administrator. If you don’t see your organization, you can join GEDC as an individual and still get access to our resources.

Visit the Sign In page and select “Forgot Password”. You will then receive an email to reset your password.

GEDC respects and values your privacy and the confidentiality of the information you choose to share with us. We are committed to the protection of this information and will assure your privacy when using our website. For more details, please see our privacy policy.

Our resources are only available in English at this time. However, as we continue to expand our international reach, we may create resources in other languages such as Spanish.

GEDC Consulting Services are catered to individual clients. You will have the opportunity to discuss your pain points and goals during a discovery call with our internal team to determine where to start. Gap analysis for your site is available to identify quality improvement projects that would be most helpful at your individual site.

If you haven’t already created an account, that might be the best place to start. During our brief intake interview, we ask about what areas of care you encounter most in your practice or that you’re most interested in learning about and make content recommendations from there.

There’s really no right or wrong place to start! We recommend diving in to some of our podcasts while you’re on the go, or starting some e-learning programs and making the case toolkit.

Yes! We’ve put together some resources for QI projects and strategies that can be used in remote and rural areas. You can search for the keyword “rural” on the resources page, or start with the list below:

Rural Hospital Geriatric Emergency Toolkit. The toolkit includes resources curated for rural and remote EDs, education resources, low-barrier interventions recommended by clinicians working in rural settings including Environment Enhancements, Screening Tools, The Geriatric Comfort Cart and Rural Telehealth.

You must create an account affiliated with your organization to access e-learning courses.

In order to receive a completion/CE certificate, the following steps must be completed: log in to your user account, complete the entire course, take the post-test, complete the course evaluation. You will also receive your certificate via email or you can find all certificates in your dashboard once you login.

After two attempts are made, you cannot retake a course and it cannot be reset.

GEDC offers CEs for physicians, nurses, social workers, and case managers.