Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative, Phase III: Spread and Scale
Grant Summary
The American Hospital Association (AHA), through its affiliate the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET), will continue its support of the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement by developing leaders, engaging more health care teams in adoption of the 4Ms Framework—what Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility—and strengthening ties with the broader patient safety movement. The grant will support three cohorts of Next Generation Leaders Fellows who specifically focus on age-friendly care and connect them with health system executives and board leaders for mentorship and support in their quality improvement projects. AHA, in partnership with HRET and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), will facilitate three Action Communities, which are seven-month collaborative learning experiences for health care teams to implement age-friendly care. Outcomes will include over 200 additional sites of care recognized by IHI as Age-Friendly Health Systems participants, development and dissemination of content that demonstrates how the 4Ms advance patient safety priorities, greater engagement from hospital and health system leaders in the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement, and 36 Age-Friendly Fellows in the AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship.
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Grant Details
Organization
American Hospital Association, Health Research & Educational Trust
Grant Amount
$2,836,710
Grant Period
36 months
Approval Date
June 2025
Priority Area
Status
Renewed
Primary Contact
Marie Cleary-Fishman
mfishman@aha.org
Program Officer
Leslie J. Pelton
