Age-Friendly Health Systems
With the number of older adults in the United States projected to double in the next 40 years, hospitals and health systems are adapting low-tech, value-based strategies to improve patient outcomes for older adults. This issue brief highlights ways that age-friendly care’s 4Ms Framework and…
Leaders of Rush University Health System (RUSH) in Chicago began implementing the 4Ms Framework to improve the lives of older adult patients, their families and caregivers and, in the process, RUSH employees.
Kent Hospital in Rhode Island opened an Adult Care for Elders (ACE) unit to test and implement the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework. Since opening, the unit has seen a reduction in length of stay and falls with injury, along with an increase in patient and staff satisfaction.
The webinar explores the importance and integration of the 4Ms Framework — What Matters, Medications, Mentation and Mobility — to provide high-quality care that meets the unique needs of older adults in hospitals.
August 19, 2020
11 A.M. CT | 12 P.M. ET
July 15, 2020
11 A.M. CT | 12 P.M. ET
In collaboration with The Value Initiative, this informational webinar explores the importance and integration of the 4Ms Framework in hospitals, highlighting it as a value-based strategy that improves outcomes, enhances patient experience, while reducing costs.