Age‐Friendly Health System Implementation in Outpatient Settings: A Systematic Review
Findings underscore the urgent need for standardized, outcomes-oriented AFHS measurement before policy and payment reforms, such as CMS's Age-Friendly Hospital Measure, are expanded into outpatient settings. To advance meaningful transformation, future research must prioritize implementation fidelity, outcome evaluation, and measures that reflect older adults' values and lived experiences.
Authors
- Htun Ja Mai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1357-1088)
- Taylor Rickard
- Ellen McCreedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4063-8220)
- Eric Jutkowitz
- Thomas A. Trikalinos
- Thomas Bayer
- James Rudolph
- Rebecca J. Howe
- Katherine Rieke
Institutions
- Rhode Island Department of Health (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Providence VA Medical Center (US)
- Department of Health Services (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70346
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Health Services Research and Development
- Providence Health Care