Join this candid conversation with leaders from the AHA and Hackensack Meridian Health to explore how the Age-Friendly Health Systems framework can serve as a strategic tool to address key challenges in health care. Hackensack Meridian Health will share a compelling case example highlighting how their board and executive leaders empowered front-line teams to implement age-friendly care, the outcomes achieved, and what’s next on their journey. This session offers practical insights for trustees and executives looking to lead systemwide transformation.

Date

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 | 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. CDT

Contact Information

Autumn Branch

Cost

Free

Speakers

  • Marie Cleary-Fishman, Vice President, Clinical Quality, American Hospital Association
  • Jose Azar, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Professor of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Department of Hematology/Oncology | Hackensack Meridian Health
  • Shawn Reynolds, Chair of HMH Hospitals Corporation Board, Hackensack Meridian Health  

Partners:

The John A. Hartford Foundation
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Catholic health ministry of the United States