About This Series

Emergency departments (EDs) play an important role in meeting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Age-Friendly Hospital Measure. To support your work, GEDC offers a webinar series on the CMS Measure and its five domains. Featuring expert panelists with diverse perspectives, each session explores a different domain of the measure. Access the full series here and share it with your team.

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Part 1 | Understanding the Domains

Get started with an overview session covering the measure’s five domains.

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Part 2 | Medication Management

Learn how EDs can strategically manage medication to avoid adverse events and meet Domain 2.

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Part 3 | Eliciting Patient Healthcare Goals

Join our experts as they discuss practical strategies for defining patient goals and aligning with Domain 1.

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Part 4 | Frailty Screening and Intervention

Gain insight into screening for frailty, cognitive impairment, and more in consort with Domain 3.

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Part 5 | Social Vulnerability Intervention

Explore how to screen for elder mistreatment or neglect using ED-appropriate tools — key to Domain 4.

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Part 6 | Building an Age-Friendly Care Strategy

Discover how initiatives within the ED can improve care for older adults throughout the hospital.

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CMS Resource Hub

CMS Measure Support Guide for EDs

Aligning National & Strategic Priorities

Better care for older adults starts with concrete, evidence-based processes in the ED. Learn to drive change by aligning the CMS Measure with Age-Friendly Health Systems and GEDA Accreditation. Our new resource hub shows you how.

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