4Ms System-Wide Spread
Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative
IHI convened 30 US health systems over 18 months from 2024-2025 in the Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative. This learning and action community focused on fully embedding the 4Ms system-wide, to have an equitable impact on older adults across all their sites and settings of care.
The Collaborative systems contributed to deep learning about what it takes spread the 4Ms to varied units and settings across their organizations. The resulting resources will be made available to the public on this webpage on a rolling basis as completed. Please check back regularly!
4Ms System-Wide Spread Resources
- Spreading Age-Friendly Care: Drivers of Successful Health System-wide Spread of the 4Ms: This guide describes the drivers of spread of the 4Ms through all sites and settings of care in a health system. It includes examples of key changes systems can test and implement.
- Age-Friendly Care System-wide Spread Plan: A tool to help your team articulate a vision for the spread of the 4Ms across the health system and document those actions necessary to meet your aim.
- Age-Friendly Care System-wide Spread Self-Assessment: A tool is designed to help systems identify strengths and opportunities as they relate to the key drivers of spread.
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