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SDBJ: La Jolla Emergency Department Receives First-of-Its-Kind Geriatric Accreditation

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May 21, 2018

By Jared Whitlock

The Gary and Mary West Emergency Department at UC San Diego Health last week was accredited as a geriatric emergency department, the first such accreditation in California and one of only eight nationally.

The accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians requires hospital emergency departments to have both physicians and nurses on staff with specialized geriatric training, among other stipulations.

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