Expanding Age-Friendly Approaches to Specialty Ambulatory Care

Grant Summary

The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) will partner with specialty societies to increase adoption of age-friendly care in ambulatory specialty practices—outpatient settings where many older adults receive care from specialists such as ophthalmologists and cardiologists. This program will build on existing Age-Friendly Health Systems resources to advance adoption and reliable practice of the 4Ms Framework—what Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility—in at least five specialties. CMSS will spread resources and 4Ms adoption across its society members as well as with the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement through collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Outcomes will include 4Ms implementation guidance for at least five specialties; 35-50 specialty practices recognized by IHI as Age-Friendly Health Systems participants; and 4Ms specialty-specific guidance integrated into CMSS and Age-Friendly Health Systems training, education, and other implementation and dissemination mechanisms.

Related Grant Resources

• CMSS: Expanding Age-Friendly Approaches to Specialty Ambulatory Care
• Press Release: The Council of Medical Specialty Societies Awards Grants to Societies to Support Expanding Age-Friendly Approaches to Specialty Ambulatory Care
• CMSS Call for Proposals: Expanding Age-Friendly Approaches to Specialty Ambulatory Care