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Embedding Care in the ED: Liz Goldberg and Lauren Southerland
The idea of embedding various forms of non-emergency care in the emergency department makes a WORLD of sense. If an older adult comes into the ED with a fall, the minimum the ED has to do is address the fall injury and send them out. But many emergency providers realize this is often a band aid. They see that patient again the next time they fall. And again. And again. The same could be said for the patient who is malnourished and dehydrated and admitted for "failure to thrive," again. And again.
Our two guests today, Liz Goldberg and Lauren Southerland, both emergency medicine…
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