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About This Webinar
Experts discuss how emergency departments can prepare to meet domain 2 of the new CMS Hospital Measure by introducing policies and procedures for responsible medication management. The webinar will focus on how Geri EDs can implement improved processes of medication management and meet the CMS measure requirement. This webinar will be of particular interest to pharmacists and other members of the interdisciplinary team in the ED.
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Webinar Details
Expert Panel
Panelists:
Claire Bainbridge, PharmD, BCCCP, BCGP
Clinical Pharmacist
UCSF Health
Mitchel Erickson DNP, MS, BSN, BSc, ACNP-C
UCSF Geriatric Age-Friendly ED Consultant
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Division of Geriatrics
Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Physiological Nursing
Chris Fan-Lun BScPhm, ACPR, BCGP
Clinical Coordinator – Geriatrics, Palliative Care and General Internal Medicine;
Department of Pharmacy, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Practice-Based Researcher, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Adjunct Lecturer, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
Liz Goldberg, MD, ScM
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH
UAB Emergency Medicine Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, UAB Medicine
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Goals
- To explore best practices in medication management in the ED that enhance care of older patients.
- To hear practical examples from pharmacists working in Geriatric EDs about useful tools to implement, including in rural and remote EDs
- To introduce the GEDC Toolkit on Geri ED Medication Management.
Supporting Materials
TOOLKIT | June 24, 2025
Enhancing Medication Management in the Geriatric ED
This new GEDC toolkit brings together tools, guidelines, and educational resources for emergency department administrators and teams to successfully implement medication management quality improvement projects and support safe prescribing – and de-prescribing – in the ED for complex older patients.
BLOG | August 28, 2024
CMS Age Friendly Hospital Measure: Resources for Emergency Departments
Helpful educational resources to help you and your emergency department meet the CMS Age-Friendly Hospital measure.
PODCAST | July 7, 2025
Getting ED Specific with Medication Safety
Dr. Rachel Skains, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, joins host Dr. Christina Shenvi as the two dive into how to ensure the right medications are being prescribed to geriatric patients in the ED context.
Annals of Emergency Medicine| March 12, 2024
Geriatric Emergency Medication Safety Recommendations (GEMS-Rx): Modified Delphi Development of a High-Risk Prescription List for Older Emergency Department Patients
This paper is the first expert review of acute high-risk medications for older ED patients at ED discharge and compiles a list of 8 high-risk medications classes.
JAMA Network | March 11, 2025
Emergency Department Programs to Support Medication Safety in Older Adults
A systematic review and meta-analysis of ED-based geriatric medication safety programs aiming to find which programs reduce PIMs and ADEs amongst older adults.
BLOG | July 11, 2025
Clinical Decision Support for Safe Prescribing in the Geriatric ED
How hospitals can improve prescribing through simple modifications to the EMR – lessons from the Enhancing the Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED) medication safety program with examples.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society| July 9, 2022
Enhancing the quality of prescribing practices for older adults discharged from the emergency department in Rhode Island
Clinical investigation examining the effectiveness of the EQUiPPED program at reducing potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prescriptions across 3 emergency departments in Rhode Island.
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians| May 8, 2024
Enhancing healthcare access for an older population: The age‐friendly emergency department
An article providing an overview of the Age‐Friendly Emergency Department (AFED) model. As an example of an AFED, read more about the UCSF Emergency Departments service.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society| April 24, 2025
Comparative Safety of Medications for Severe Agitation: A Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines 2.0 Systematic Review
A review article assessing and comparing the use of medications such as antipsychotics or anxiolytics to treat severe agitation in older adults in the ED setting.
Wisconsin Alzheimers Institute| 2021
Training Dementia Care Professionals on the Use of the DICE Approach with Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia
A guide on how to train professionals to use the DICE approach as a way of identifying and managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
University of Michigan| 2021
The DICE Approach | Slide Deck
Slide deck from Dr. Helen Kales providing an overview of the DICE approach.
Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine| November 24, 2023
Assessing medication self-management challenges and self-efficacy during emergency department medication reconciliation: An evidence-based quality improvement project
Research evaluating the impact of a modified Medication Management for Deficiencies in the Elderly (MedMalDE) intervention.