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Assessing The Effectiveness Of The New Senior Ed Program At Summa Akron City Hospital, Ahmed F. Ozgur
Assessing The Effectiveness Of The New Senior Ed Program At Summa Akron City Hospital, Ahmed F. Ozgur
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Objectives: To compare the outcomes of patients seen during a pilot Senior Emergency Department (ED) program to a historical cohort of geriatric patients receiving usual ED care.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of quality assurance data obtained to evaluate the implementation of a pilot Senior ED program at a 78,000 visit hospital ED. The historical cohort covered 1/23/2012 to 12/31/2012. The pilot Senior ED program was implemented from 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2013. Patients 65 years and older arriving between 8:30 am and 8:30 pm were triaged to a 15 bed Senior ED. Interventions included assessment by a nurse transitional …