Boarding and the Geriatric ED

About This Webinar

Emergency department boarding is a system-wide challenge, but for older adults, the consequences can be especially harmful. Prolonged stays in the emergency department (ED) increase the risk of delirium, functional decline, medication complications, and unmet geriatric needs. As hospitals across the country work to improve throughput and capacity, it is critical to understand how boarding uniquely impacts older adults and what emergency teams can do right now to reduce harm.

Experts discuss how to provide guidance and processes to help every ED meet the requirements for the CMS Hospital Measure. Explore practical, evidence-informed approaches to improving care for older adults experiencing boarding in the ED.

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Webinar Details

Expert Panel

Stony Book Medicine

Samita Heslin, MD, MBA, MPH, MA, MS 
Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer  
Chief, Division of Quality & Informatics 
Medical Director, Geriatric ED (ACEP Level 1) 
Assistant Professor and Attending Physician 
Department of Emergency Medicine & Biomedical Informatics

Candice King, DNP, AGNP-C, CEN, CCRN 
Administrator of Nursing 
Emergency Services

Eric Morley, MD, MHA, MS, CPHQ
Chief Quality Officer
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Renaissance School of Medicine
Stony Brook University

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Heidi Martin, DNP, RN, GERO-BC
Director UAB Highlands Emergency Department

Whitney McNeil Turner, MD, FACEP  
Assistant Professor  
Medical Director, Highlands Emergency Department

Emily Simmons, MSN, RN, CNL  
Director of Program Development 

Bruce Lo, MD, MBA
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
Sentara Hospitals Norfolk
Medical Director, Sentara Transfer Center
Professor/Assistant Program Director
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Sandra Schneider, MD, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
American College of Emergency Physicians

Moderated By

Danya Khoujah

MBBS, MEHP

Bio

Dr. Danya Khoujah is an emergency physician with a keen interest in geriatric emergencies and medical education. She completed her emergency medicine residency and faculty development fellowship at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, where she continues to serve as voluntary faculty. She practices clinically in Tampa, Florida, and is part of the writing group of the Geriatric ED Guidelines, namely the delirium and medication safety sections. She has developed educational content for healthcare practitioners locally, nationally, and internationally, with numerous lectures, podcasts, and manuscripts, mostly focused on emergency neurology and geriatrics.

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Goals

1. Examine the unique harms of boarding for older adults. 
2. Identify practical strategies to mitigate the risks associated with boarding.
3. Review emergency department–level and system-level approaches to addressing boarding.