As the number of ED visits by older adults continues to grow, all emergency physicians will need to become more aware of the challenges involved in their care, from diagnosis, disease management, and recognition of geriatric syndromes to safe discharge and the development of systems of care. Because GEM is a young and rapidly growing discipline, there is great potential for physicians who become involved in GEM or pursue GEM fellowships to have a significant impact on the field and on the future ED care of older adults.
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Dr. Shenvi is a geriatric emergency medicine fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill. Dr. Bynum is associate professor of internal medicine, in the Division of Geriatrics at UNC. Dr. Biese is associate professor of emergency medicine at USC.
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