Strategies and Outcomes of Age-Friendly Health System Implementation in Outpatient Settings: A Systematic Review.

The Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) movement has spread widely in recent years, with nearly 5000 healthcare organizations across the country recognized as Age-Friendly. Despite this broad recognition, there is little focus on how AFHS are implemented and the impact of implementation. The objective...

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Publicado en:Inquiry (00469580) Vol. 62; pp. 1 - 11
Autores principales: Howe, Rebecca J., Rieke, Katherine, Bayer, Thomas, Ja Mai, Htun, Sullivan, Jennifer L., Driver, Jane A., Rickard, Taylor, Trikalinos, Thomas A., Rudolph, James, McCreedy, Ellen, Jutkowitz, Eric
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Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2/14/2025
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          Howe, Rebecca J.
          Rieke, Katherine
          Bayer, Thomas
          Ja Mai, Htun
          Sullivan, Jennifer L.
          Driver, Jane A.
          Rickard, Taylor
          Trikalinos, Thomas A.
          Rudolph, James
          McCreedy, Ellen
          Jutkowitz, Eric
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          VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI, USA
          Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
          Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
          VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton, RI, USA
          Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
          Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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        Health services accessibility
        Cancer treatment
        Medical information storage & retrieval systems
        Human services programs
        Research funding
        Medical care
        Outpatient medical care
        Primary health care
        CINAHL database
        Age
        Systematic reviews
        MEDLINE
        Medical databases
        Health outcome assessment
        Online information services
        Specialty hospitals
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          Health services accessibility
          Cancer treatment
          Medical information storage & retrieval systems
          Human services programs
          Research funding
          Medical care
          Outpatient medical care
          Primary health care
          CINAHL database
          Age
          Systematic reviews
          MEDLINE
          Medical databases
          Health outcome assessment
          Online information services
          Specialty hospitals
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        4Ms
        age friendly
        implementation
        patient outcome assessment
        strategies
      ab: The Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) movement has spread widely in recent years, with nearly 5000 healthcare organizations across the country recognized as Age-Friendly. Despite this broad recognition, there is little focus on how AFHS are implemented and the impact of implementation. The objectives of this study were to describe the strategies employed to support AFHS implementation in outpatient settings and to identify the measures used to evaluate implementation and effectiveness. We conducted a systematic review of literature from multiple databases spanning 2015 to March 2024, identified eligible studies using predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria, and extracted key data (eg, study design, study population, implementation strategies, outcomes/measures). We identified ten eligible studies from primary care clinics (N = 8), convenient care clinics (N = 1) and a cancer center (N = 1). The studies employed over 65 implementation strategies and 98 outcomes or measures. The vast majority of measures mapped to components of the 4Ms (Mobility, Mentation, Medication, What Matters), with up to ten measures per M category. Five of ten studies had reporting discrepancies and four did not fully define outcomes. The ten included studies serve as clear examples for the need for more evidence to support AFHS implementation in outpatient settings. Existing research lacks strategy specification and standardization of measures. We present gaps and opportunities to advance from AFHS "recognition" to impact.
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