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Our November 2026 issue centers on the implementation and impact of the 4Ms of age-friendly care, guest edited by Julia Adler-Milstein and sponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation. 馃摉 View the table of contents: nej.md/4jwrMnk
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A framework developed by the VA and non-VA multidisciplinary leaders offers a roadmap for health care systems to support the design and implementation of a sustainable, evidence-driven care model to support older patients across the full continuum of care. nej.md/4yzBMQC
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A new randomized controlled trial evaluated whether AI-generated, layperson-friendly summaries of medical findings provided before outpatient consultations improve physician鈥損atient communication. Learn more: nejm.ai/3W3z9Zy
Illustration of an AI-generated, layperson-friendly summary of medical findings provided before outpatient consultations. On the left, a physician in a white coat and stethoscope speaks and gestures, set against a faded table of clinical trial statistics and medical terms. On the right, a patient in a hospital gown smiles and gestures back. A blue line connects a glowing pen icon with sparkles to a document icon labeled 鈥淒ischarge Report Summary."

ALT Illustration of an AI-generated, layperson-friendly summary of medical findings provided before outpatient consultations. On the left, a physician in a white coat and stethoscope speaks and gestures, set against a faded table of clinical trial statistics and medical terms. On the right, a patient in a hospital gown smiles and gestures back. A blue line connects a glowing pen icon with sparkles to a document icon labeled 鈥淒ischarge Report Summary."

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An ambient AI initiative at Jefferson Health involving 5234 provisioned clinicians and more than 283,000 ambulatory encounters has been associated with reduced time spent and effort expended in documenting patient encounters. Read the latest In Depth: nej.md/3W7jkB8
Image from NEJM Catalyst featuring a health care professional with a patient. A holographic display shows a dialogue about symptoms and questions like "What are your symptoms?" and "When did you first notice it?" The title reads "Ambient AI as a Tool for Returning Time to Care."

ALT Image from NEJM Catalyst featuring a health care professional with a patient. A holographic display shows a dialogue about symptoms and questions like "What are your symptoms?" and "When did you first notice it?" The title reads "Ambient AI as a Tool for Returning Time to Care."

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From January 2022 to June 2025, a cohort-based implementation model used to integrate 4Ms care delivery was associated with improvement in certain clinical outcomes; the long-term systemwide stretch goal of 95% adherence with all 4Ms has remained unmet. nej.md/4jpBSX0
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A review of 40,411 inpatient encounters at Houston Methodist among adults 70 years of age or older found that only 3% of encounters achieved higher-level compliance with 4Ms care documentation. Read more: nej.md/4sgd6eg
Image from NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery featuring an the headline "Adherence to the Age-Friendly Care 4Ms Framework and Association with Reduced Acute Care Utilization." An illustration below the headline includes a health care professional assisting an older adult in a wheelchair, surrounded by the words "What Matters Most," "Medication," "Mentation," and "Mobility."

ALT Image from NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery featuring an the headline "Adherence to the Age-Friendly Care 4Ms Framework and Association with Reduced Acute Care Utilization." An illustration below the headline includes a health care professional assisting an older adult in a wheelchair, surrounded by the words "What Matters Most," "Medication," "Mentation," and "Mobility."

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The articles in our special issue on Age-Friendly Health Systems highlight important benefits realized from AFHS implementation efforts to date and challenges that are critical to address for the movement to fully deliver on its goals: nej.md/4jvMFyS
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Bringing Age-Friendly Care to Rural Communities: The MobileMOC Interprofessional Mobile Health Model nej.md/4zIFTKZ

Bringing Age-Friendly Care to Rural Communities: The MobileMOC Interprofessional Mobile Health Model

AGE-FRIENDLY HEALTH SYSTEMS 4MS THEME ISSUE: A mobile medical outreach clinic team with rural senior centers to bring 4Ms screening, education, primary care, and medical referral services to unders...

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Moving Beyond the Checklist: A Three-Tier Model for Integrating Geriatrics Expertise into the CMS Age-Friendly Era nej.md/4enVcAv

Moving Beyond the Checklist: A Three-Tier Model for Integrating Geriatrics Expertise into the CMS...

AGE-FRIENDLY HEALTH SYSTEMS 4MS THEME ISSUE: A three-tier operational model for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services age-friendly measure, for the efficient deployment of geriatric e...

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Although warmth and competence have been extensively studied within social psychology, the application of these concepts as an operational improvement framework in health care has received comparatively little attention. Learn more: nej.md/4AbKqXt
A quote on a light blue and purple gradient background: "Mayo Clinic鈥檚 experience suggests that the warmth and competence model can provide frontline care teams with a shared language for identifying opportunities to strengthen patient experiences across clinical, operational, and environmental domains." by Kane et al. in an article titled "Warmth, Competence, Hope and Belonging at Mayo Clinic," published in NEJM Catalyst. The text is displayed against a blue and purple gradient background.

ALT A quote on a light blue and purple gradient background: "Mayo Clinic鈥檚 experience suggests that the warmth and competence model can provide frontline care teams with a shared language for identifying opportunities to strengthen patient experiences across clinical, operational, and environmental domains." by Kane et al. in an article titled "Warmth, Competence, Hope and Belonging at Mayo Clinic," published in NEJM Catalyst. The text is displayed against a blue and purple gradient background.

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