AFHS AGS Sessions

AGE FRIENDLY HEALTH SYSTEMS: HOW TO TURN YOUR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WORK INTO SCHOLARSHIP AND ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF AGE FRIENDLY

Saturday, May 2, 2026; -

Moderator: Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MPH

  • Age-Friendly Health Systems in Action: A Practical Guide to QI, the 4Ms, and Scholarly Dissemination
    Shivani K. Jindal, MD, MPH

  • Developing Expertise in Education Research: Preparing Interprofessional Teams To Deliver Age Friendly Care
    Andrea N.W. Schwartz, MD, MPH

  • How To Use Implementation Science and QI Evaluation Frameworks To Make Age-Friendly Work Scholarly
    Robert E. Burke, MD, MS

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AGE FRIENDLY HEALTHCARE INITIATIVES IN THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

Friday, May 1, 2026; -

Moderator: Daniel Forman, MD

  • Age Friendly Health Systems initiative State of the Art (SOTA) Research Meeting
    Andrea N.W. Schwartz, MD, MPH

  • Overview of the State of Current VA Aging Research Initiatives
    Holly K. Krull, PhD

  • Concrete Examples on How to Structure Applications to Maximize Their Programmatic Relevance via the Age-Friendly and Other Aging Research Initiatives
    Clark Dumontier MD, MPH & Una Makris MD, MSc

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