Practical innovations in health care delivery.

Waltham, MA
Joined October 2015
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. 📖 View the table of contents: nej.md/4jwrMnk
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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
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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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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
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The carbon emissions from assets owned by health systems are a small fraction of their total carbon footprint. The emissions produced by their suppliers of products and services are typically more than 10 times a hospital’s direct emissions. See how: nej.md/4cN1dWF
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Findings from a case study on operationalizing health equity in public emergency and primary care services suggest that equity work becomes more actionable and sustainable when embedded into routine operational structures rather than a parallel initiative. nej.md/4h8fqPo
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Supplemental Issue: Impact of E-visits on Outpatient Volume and Service Time: Evidence from a Large Public Hospital in China nej.md/4hTgarW
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Article: Moving toward a Condition-Based Organization — Lessons from the Value Catalyst Hospitals nej.md/4xuqBrV
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