Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative: Implementation Guide to EHR Requirements for Adoption of the 4Ms
The Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative has released an implementation guide, "Age-Friendly Health Systems: Guide to Electronic Health Record (EHR) Requirements for Adoption of the 4Ms."
The implementation guide was designed as a resource for health systems to build the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) framework, and associated care practices, into the EHR. This framework, known as the 4Ms, is what matters, medication, mentation, and mobility.
The guide addresses how to incorporate both the “assess” and “act on” drivers of the 4Ms into the EHR. The guidance is not specific to a particular EHR vendor, there are 2 versions, one with specific suggestions and examples that apply to the Cerner platform, and a second version applicable to the EPIC platform.
The guide was supported by a grant from The SCAN Foundation.
To read the guide with Cerner examples, click here.
To read the guide with EPIC examples, click here.
To learn more about the AFHS initiative, click here.
To learn more about JAHF's support of the AFHS initiative, click here.