Description The aim of the Age-Friendly Health systems movement is to provide Age-Friendly care to all older adults across a range of health and health care systems throughout the world. Since 2018, the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) movement has recognized more than 3,300 care locations with over 2.7 million older adults estimated to have received 4Ms care through AFHS facilities recognized by IHI. As the AHFS movement grows and more health systems strive to implement the 4Ms, its important to understand what implementation strategies work, the impact of these efforts, and how to scale the movement.

During this session, clinician researchers and implementation scientists will share how health systems are spreading the 4Ms care framework towards their reliable practice in clinical care of older adults, and the impact of this work on outcomes for older adult patients. Researchers will discuss their study designs and emerging findings, while clinician implementers will share the results of work to implement the 4Ms. Through exploration and discussion of these study designs and case studies, attendees will learn how the Age-Friendly Health System Movement is moving towards reliable practice of the well-evidenced 4Ms, documenting and defining impact, how 4Ms outcomes are measured, and what implementation approaches are working. This session is aimed at health care professionals, improvement practitioners, quality managers, system leaders, and researchers who are already engaged or interested in implementing and researching age-friendly care.