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Email: afhs@ihi.org​

Join the Movement

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​IHI offers three ways for health systems and individuals to join the movement based on the ​degree of interest and self-motivation: 
  • Action Communities 
  • Do-It-Yourself Participation 
  • Scale-up Accelerator

Action Communities

Action Communities enable teams to accelerate reliable practice of the 4Ms in an active community of learners and testers. This 7-month journey to Recognition provides a structure for learning with and from other health systems and expert faculty. Over the course of the Action Community, teams participate in webinars and attend an in-person meeting (when possible) and develop their plan for practicing the 4Ms. ​If your health system or practice is interested in the Action Community,​​ see the upcoming opportunities below.
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Host Organization

Enrollment Details

​American Hospital Association (AHA)
​Join the AHA Action Community starting in September 2023. Learn more about the Action Community through the Invitation to Join.

Please reach out to ahaactioncommunity@aha.org with any questions.
 

Registration Open 

Beginning Fall 2023
Sign up here

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Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Participation

Some health systems are able to adopt the 4Ms without requiring the intensive support of an Action Community or Scale-up Accelerator services. IHI now offers this pathway for systems that are motivated and want to start right away without waiting for an Action Community enrollment opportunity. 

Looking for a structured primer on Age-Friendly Health Systems? Check out our Open School course to get started.

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Scale-up Accelerator

​For large health systems, IHI provides customized Age-Friendly Scale-up Accelerator support to achieve system-wide spread. Through this mechanism, larger systems that make becoming Age-Friendly Health Systems a strategic imperative will receive specialized services aimed at supporting system leadership, clinical leadership, and point-of-care operations ​to adopt the 4Ms care practices.
For more details, please reach out to our team at afhs@ihi.org.


Get Recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System​

 
As of March 2022 over 2700 sites of care have earned either level 1 (Participant) or level 2 (Committed to Care Excellence) recognition in the movement. It’s a distinction based on an evidence-based framework known as the 4Ms. 
  • Level 1 (Participant) teams have successfully developed plans to implement the 4Ms.
  • Level 2 (Committed to Care Excellence) teams have three months of verified data to demonstrate early impact of using the 4Ms. 

Submit your 4Ms Care Description and IHI will recognize you as an Age-Friendly Health System. 

Have questions about the 4Ms Care Recognition process? Check-out the Frequently Asked Questions​.

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