Age-Friendly Health Systems, New York State Action Community

Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

HANYS’ New York State Age-Friendly Action Community equips hospitals and other healthcare settings with tools, education and support to improve the quality of care delivered to older adults.

Participating sites work with dedicated HANYS staff and faculty experts to earn Age-Friendly Health Systems recognition from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Participating in HANYS’ Action Community will also help hospitals prepare to attest “yes” to CMS’ Age-Friendly Hospital Measure, starting in FFY 2025.

HANYS’ next Action Community starts in January 2025. Over 10 months, participating sites will:

attend a virtual summit to meet HANYS staff and expert faculty, learn about the fundamentals of Age-Friendly 4Ms care and identify key dates, deadlines and deliverables for the year;
attend eight webinars led by faculty experts to identify strategies and best practices aligned with the implementation of Age-Friendly 4Ms care;
participate in peer-sharing opportunities to meet other Age-Friendly participants, learn from one other and accelerate the adoption of best practices;
adopt evidence-based clinical workflows to improve the care delivered to older adults;
apply for official IHI Age-Friendly Health Systems recognition.

More than 140 health systems have achieved Age-Friendly recognition as part of HANYS’ Age-Friendly Action Community. Our participants have reported improved staff and patient satisfaction scores, lower lengths of stay and fall rates and reduced readmission rates.

Age-Friendly Health Systems in New York state

More than 300 care settings across New York state have achieved Age-Friendly recognition. Use our pivot table, updated quarterly, to access a complete list of these care settings and slice data by parent organization, care setting type, recognition level and region. Summary statistics are also provided.

Questions?

Contact actioncommunity@hanys.org or Lance San Souci, Associate Director, at lsansouci@hanys.org.