Delirium in the Emergency Department: Moving From Tool-Based Research to System-Wide Change

Maura Kennedy^{1

2}, Ula Hwang^{3

4

5}, Jin H Han^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁷ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Editorial

Maura Kennedy et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;68(5):956-958.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.16437. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Maura Kennedy^{1

2}, Ula Hwang^{3

4

5}, Jin H Han^{6

7}

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁷ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.

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