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Age-Friendly Health Systems provide care to older Veterans based on What Matters. The 4Ms (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) are a framework to provide Veteran-centric care focused on What Matters across all care settings. Age-Friendly Health Systems is a high-reliability approach to continuously improve care and achieve zero harm.

This innovation is scaling widely with the support of national stakeholders. See more scaling innovations.

Origin:

April 2017, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Adoptions:

81 successful, 60 in-progress

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Metrics

  • Number of patients 65+ who receive 4Ms care. In progress= IHI participant recognition in 1+ care setting. Successful=Committed to Care Excellence recognition in 1+ care setting.

Diffusion tracker

Does not include Clinical Resource Hubs (CRH)

Statuses

AL: Birmingham VA Medical Center (Birmingham, Alabama)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020, ended on 11/2020.
AL: Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center (Tuscaloosa)
  • Started adoption on 02/2023, ended on 08/2023.
AR: Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center (North Little Rock)
  • Started adoption on 10/2022, ended on 06/2023.
AR: John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Little Rock, Arkansas)
  • Started adoption on 08/2021, ended on 03/2022.
AZ: Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Prescott)
  • Started adoption on 06/2021, ended on 06/2022.
AZ: Carl T. Hayden Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Started adoption on 04/2022, ended on 09/2022.
AZ: Flagstaff VA Clinic (Flagstaff)
  • Started adoption on 05/2021, ended on 06/2022.
AZ: Kingman VA Clinic (Kingman)
  • Started adoption on 05/2021, ended on 06/2022.
AZ: Tucson VA Medical Center (Tucson)
  • Started adoption on 02/2021, ended on 11/2021.
CA: Fresno VA Medical Center (Fresno)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021, ended on 04/2022.
CA: Martinez VA Medical Center (Martinez)
  • Started adoption on 06/2022, ended on 07/2023.
CA: Sacramento VA Medical Center (Sacramento)
  • Started adoption on 06/2022, ended on 12/2022.
CA: Sepulveda VA Medical Center (Sepulveda)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 05/2023.
CA: West Los Angeles VA Medical Center (West Los Angeles)
  • Started adoption on 08/2021, ended on 01/2022.
CO: Grand Junction VA Medical Center (Grand Junction, Colorado)
  • Started adoption on 07/2020, ended on 09/2022.
CO: Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (Aurora Rocky Mountain)
  • Started adoption on 09/2021, ended on 12/2021.
DE: Wilmington VA Medical Center (Wilmington, Delaware)
  • Started adoption on 11/2022, ended on 12/2023.
FL: Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Miami)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021, ended on 03/2022.
FL: C.W. Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Bay Pines)
  • Started adoption on 01/2021, ended on 08/2021.
FL: Jacksonville 1 VA Clinic (Jacksonville 1) FL: James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (Tampa, Florida)
  • Started adoption on 05/2021, ended on 04/2022.
FL: Lake City VA Medical Center (Lake City, Florida)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021, ended on 04/2022.
FL: Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Gainesville)
  • Started adoption on 06/2020, ended on 09/2020.
FL: Orlando VA Medical Center (Orlando)
  • Started adoption on 04/2022, ended on 11/2022.
GA: Atlanta VA Medical Center (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Started adoption on 05/2020, ended on 04/2022.
HI: Spark M. Matsunaga Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Honolulu)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021, ended on 04/2022.
IA: Des Moines VA Medical Center (Des Moines, Iowa)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 05/2023.
IL: Danville VA Medical Center (Danville, Illinois)
  • Started adoption on 03/2022, ended on 07/2023.
IL: Edward Hines Junior Hospital (Hines)
  • Started adoption on 11/2022, ended on 03/2023.
IN: Fort Wayne VA Medical Center (Fort Wayne)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 09/2023.
IN: Marion VA Medical Center (Marion, Indiana)
  • Started adoption on 07/2023, ended on 12/2023.
IN: Richard L. Roudebush Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  • Started adoption on 06/2021, ended on 03/2022.
KS: Colmery-O'Neil Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Topeka)
  • Started adoption on 05/2020, ended on 01/2021.
KS: Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Leavenworth)
  • Started adoption on 05/2020, ended on 01/2021.
KY: Franklin R. Sousley Campus (Lexington-Leestown)
  • Started adoption on 03/2022, ended on 06/2022.
KY: Robley Rex Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Louisville)
  • Started adoption on 07/2020, ended on 11/2022.
LA: Overton Brooks Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Shreveport)
  • Started adoption on 04/2022, ended on 12/2022.
MA: Brockton VA Medical Center (Brockton)
  • Started adoption on 06/2021, ended on 09/2021.
MA: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Bedford)
  • Started adoption on 08/2021, ended on 01/2022.
MA: Edward P. Boland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Central Western Massachusetts)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 11/2023.
MA: Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center (Jamaica Plain)
  • Started adoption on 07/2020, ended on 06/2021.
MA: New Bedford VA Clinic (New Bedford)
  • Started adoption on 11/2022, ended on 03/2023.
MA: West Roxbury VA Medical Center (West Roxbury) ME: Togus VA Medical Center (Togus)
  • Started adoption on 05/2022, ended on 09/2023.
MI: John D. Dingell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Detroit)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021, ended on 03/2023.
MI: Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center (Ann Arbor)
  • Started adoption on 03/2021, ended on 02/2022.
MO: Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Columbia, Missouri)
  • Started adoption on 08/2021, ended on 09/2022.
MO: St. Louis VA Medical Center-Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis Jefferson Barracks)
  • Started adoption on 06/2021, ended on 05/2023.
NC: Durham VA Medical Center (Durham)
  • Started adoption on 08/2021, ended on 03/2022.
NE: Grand Island VA Medical Center (Grand Island)
  • Started adoption on 01/2023, ended on 05/2023.
NH: Manchester VA Medical Center (Manchester)
  • Started adoption on 11/2020, ended on 01/2021.
NV: North Las Vegas VA Medical Center (North Las Vegas)
  • Started adoption on 03/2023, ended on 08/2023.
NY: Samuel S. Stratton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Albany, New York)
  • Started adoption on 11/2022, ended on 02/2023.
NY: Syracuse VA Medical Center (Syracuse)
  • Started adoption on 05/2021, ended on 07/2023.
OH: Chillicothe VA Medical Center (Chillicothe)
  • Started adoption on 06/2023, ended on 10/2023.
OH: Cincinnati VA Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Started adoption on 06/2021, ended on 09/2022.
OK: Oklahoma City VA Medical Center (Oklahoma City)
  • Started adoption on 04/2021, ended on 07/2022.
OR: Roseburg VA Medical Center (Roseburg)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021, ended on 01/2024.
OR: White City VA Medical Center (White City)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 06/2023.
PA: Coatesville VA Medical Center (Coatesville)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 05/2023.
PA: Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Started adoption on 02/2023, ended on 05/2023.
PA: Lebanon VA Medical Center (Lebanon)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 04/2023.
PA: Pittsburgh VA Medical Center-University Drive (Pittsburgh)
  • Started adoption on 08/2021, ended on 10/2022.
PA: Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center (Wilkes-Barre)
  • Started adoption on 05/2021, ended on 03/2023.
RI: Providence VA Medical Center (Providence)
  • Started adoption on 09/2022, ended on 02/2023.
SC: Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Charleston, South Carolina)
  • Started adoption on 06/2022, ended on 05/2023.
TN: Alvin C. York Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Murfreesboro)
  • Started adoption on 03/2021, ended on 08/2021.
TN: James H. Quillen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Mountain Home, Tennessee)
  • Started adoption on 04/2022, ended on 10/2023.
TN: Memphis VA Medical Center (Memphis)
  • Started adoption on 09/2022, ended on 01/2023.
TN: Nashville VA Medical Center (Nashville)
  • Started adoption on 08/2020, ended on 04/2023.
TX: Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital (San Antonio, Texas)
  • Started adoption on 07/2020, ended on 12/2020.
TX: Dallas VA Medical Center (Dallas)
  • Started adoption on 11/2022, ended on 03/2023.
TX: Kerrville VA Medical Center (Kerrville)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 06/2023.
TX: Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Houston)
  • Started adoption on 03/2020, ended on 07/2020.
UT: George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Salt Lake City)
  • Started adoption on 01/2022, ended on 02/2023.
VA: Salem VA Medical Center (Salem, Virginia)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021, ended on 02/2022.
WA: Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Spokane, Washington)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022, ended on 04/2023.
WA: Vancouver VA Medical Center (Vancouver)
  • Started adoption on 11/2022, ended on 04/2023.
WI: Tomah VA Medical Center (Tomah)
  • Started adoption on 05/2021, ended on 09/2021.
WV: Louis A. Johnson Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Clarksburg, West Virginia)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023, ended on 01/2024.
WV: Martinsburg VA Medical Center (Martinsburg)
  • Started adoption on 06/2022, ended on 02/2023.

AK: Anchorage VA Medical Center (Anchorage)
  • Started adoption on 06/2023.
AR: Fayetteville VA Medical Center (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021.
AR: Fort Smith VA Clinic (Fort Smith)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021.
CA: Jennifer Moreno Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (San Diego, California)
  • Started adoption on 05/2023.
CA: Mare Island VA Clinic (Mare Island)
  • Started adoption on 06/2022.
CA: Palo Alto VA Medical Center (Palo Alto, California)
  • Started adoption on 01/2022.
CA: Redding VA Clinic (Redding)
  • Started adoption on 05/2022.
CA: San Francisco VA Medical Center (San Francisco)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
CA: Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center (Long Beach)
  • Started adoption on 08/2023.
CT: West Haven VA Medical Center (West Haven)
  • Started adoption on 11/2020.
DC: Washington VA Medical Center (Washington, District of Columbia)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022.
FL: Viera VA Clinic (Viera)
  • Started adoption on 06/2023.
FL: West Palm Beach VA Medical Center (West Palm Beach)
  • Started adoption on 06/2020.
GA: Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Augusta Downtown)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023.
IA: Iowa City VA Medical Center (Iowa City, Iowa)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022.
ID: Boise VA Medical Center (Boise)
  • Started adoption on 01/2024.
IL: Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Started adoption on 11/2023.
KS: Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center (Wichita)
  • Started adoption on 07/2023.
LA: Alexandria VA Medical Center (Alexandria, Louisiana)
  • Started adoption on 05/2022.
LA: New Orleans VA Medical Center (New Orleans)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023.
MD: Loch Raven VA Medical Center (Loch Raven)
  • Started adoption on 09/2022.
MD: Perry Point VA Medical Center (Perry Point)
  • Started adoption on 09/2022.
ME: Portland VA Clinic (Portland, Maine)
  • Started adoption on 05/2023.
MI: Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Saginaw, Michigan)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023.
MI: Battle Creek VA Medical Center (Battle Creek)
  • Started adoption on 04/2023.
MI: Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility (Iron Mountain)
  • Started adoption on 06/2022.
MN: Minneapolis VA Medical Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  • Started adoption on 06/2020.
MN: St. Cloud VA Medical Center (St. Cloud)
  • Started adoption on 01/2024.
MO: Gene Taylor Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (Springfield, Missouri)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021.
MO: Joplin VA Clinic (Joplin)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021.
MS: G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Jackson, Mississippi)
  • Started adoption on 04/2022.
NC: Fayetteville VA Medical Center (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
  • Started adoption on 04/2023.
NC: W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Salisbury)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022.
ND: Fargo VA Medical Center (Fargo)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023.
NJ: East Orange VA Medical Center (East Orange)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023.
NJ: Lyons VA Medical Center (Lyons)
  • Started adoption on 03/2023.
NV: Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Reno)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021.
NY: Batavia VA Medical Center (Batavia)
  • Started adoption on 05/2023.
NY: Castle Point VA Medical Center (Castle Point)
  • Started adoption on 07/2023.
NY: James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Bronx)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023.
NY: Northport VA Medical Center (Northport, New York)
  • Started adoption on 05/2021.
OH: Dayton VA Medical Center (Dayton)
  • Started adoption on 10/2023.
OH: Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Cleveland, Ohio)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023.
PA: Butler VA Medical Center (New Castle Road)
  • Started adoption on 10/2023.
PA: Erie VA Medical Center (Erie)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022.
PA: James E. Van Zandt Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Altoona)
  • Started adoption on 03/2023.
PR: San Juan VA Medical Center (San Juan)
  • Started adoption on 04/2022.
SD: Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, South Dakota)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022.
SD: Royal C. Johnson Veterans' Memorial Hospital (Sioux Falls)
  • Started adoption on 09/2023.
TX: George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Big Spring)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022.
TX: Harlingen VA Clinic (Harlingen)
  • Started adoption on 12/2022.
TX: Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center (Temple)
  • Started adoption on 05/2022.
TX: Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center (Bonham)
  • Started adoption on 02/2023.
VA: Hampton VA Medical Center (Hampton)
  • Started adoption on 03/2023.
VA: Hunter Holmes McGuire Hospital (Richmond, Virginia)
  • Started adoption on 11/2021.
VT: White River Junction VA Medical Center (White River Junction)
  • Started adoption on 01/2024.
WA: Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center (Walla Walla)
  • Started adoption on 02/2023.
WA: Seattle VA Medical Center (Seattle)
  • Started adoption on 11/2020.
WI: William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Madison)
  • Started adoption on 05/2021.
WV: Beckley VA Medical Center (Beckley)
  • Started adoption on 02/2021.

There are no unsuccessful adoptions for this innovation.

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