New York State Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community

Lance San Souci
lsansouci@hanys.org

actioncommunity@hanys.org

The goal of the Age-Friendly Health Systems New York State Action Community is to engage hospitals and health systems to provide age-friendly care to all older adults by implementing evidence-based interventions across four elements of care, known as the "4Ms": What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility.

Goals will be accomplished through:

• Facilitating an action community where participating hospitals and health systems learn from one another and study the impact of 4Ms care on staff, patients and caregivers
• Supporting participants as they test, adopt and reliably practice 4Ms care
• Engaging faculty and clinical quality experts to provide tailored education, coaching and technical assistance on 4Ms care and quality improvement processes
• Coaching hospital teams to understand their baseline performance, conducting regular data analysis, and measuring progress based on a set of standardized metrics

Participating facilities will benefit from:

• Support from faculty at the national and state levels, including clinicians and quality improvement experts specializing in 4Ms care
• Monthly meetings with HANYS staff and the faculty to learn about each of the 4Ms and discuss common challenges, coaching calls focused on specific topics and one-on-one technical assistance while testing and implementing 4Ms care
• Admission to a virtual summit on age-friendly care, where each facility will develop an action plan to scale up and sustain 4Ms care for every older adult in your clinical setting
• Access to a state and national network of age-friendly health systems through the New York State Action Community website and the Action Community forum
• Opportunities to connect with other participants to share strategies, identify lessons learned, overcome barriers and expedite the implementation of the Action Community goals
• The chance to build quality improvement knowledge that can be applied beyond the scope of this initiative

A schedule of activities is provided in the recruitment package.

Eligible participants are hospitals, health systems, and providers across the continuum of care, including:

• Health systems
• Hospitals
• Post-acute/Continuing care facilities
• Ambulatory care
• Home healthcare
• Federally Qualified Health Centers
• Community-based social service organizations
• Other entities that work with older New Yorkers

There is no cost for participants.

Links to additional guidance, the recruitment package, and the online application portal are available on the program website.