Article: The Return on Investing in Elder Care
HealthLeaders has published an article, "The Return on Investing in Elder Care," about the business case for Age-Friendly Health Systems.
The article dives into the Age-Friendly Health Systems' 4Ms Framework that as Leslie Pelton, MPA, senior director for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), notes is "about moving from the evidence-based care happening sometimes, with some older adults in some places some days, to the reliable practice of the evidence-based care."
"This year IHI published a report titled The Business Case for Becoming an Age-Friendly Health System and introduced a return on investment (ROI) calculator that can help health systems form their own business case perspective for adoption of the 4Ms."
Hartford Hospital's work with their ADAPT (Actions for Delirium Assessment Prevention and Treatment) program is discussed including how they tracked data and calculated savings that the program achieved.
The article was first published here by PSQH, Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare.
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To read the article, click here.
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To go to the ROI calculators, click here.
To learn more about the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, click here.
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