Nurse leader discusses Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative

In an American Hospital Association podcast, AONL member Shannon Morton, DNP, RN, assistant vice president of patient care services at Atrium Health Cabarrus in Concord, N.C., discusses the system’s foray into the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative. She explains the infrastructure being developed and the difference it has made for the hospital’s aging population. The AHA is a partner in the Age-Friendly Health Systems, an initiative of the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, to ensure older adults receive safe, evidence-based care focused on what matters to them.