Participatory Approach to Program Sustainment: Example From a Multisite National Geriatrics Telemedicine Program

Jessica T Riley   ¹ , MS ;   Eileen M Dryden   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Camilla B Pimentel   ^{1, 3, 4} , MPH, PhD ;   Lauren R Moo   ^{1, 3, 5} , MD ;   Meaghan A Kennedy   ^{3, 6} , MPH, MD ;   Steven R Barczi   ^{7, 8} , MD ;   Michelle I Rossi   ^{9, 10} , MPH, MD ;   Lynette R Kelley   ¹¹ , FNP ;   William W Hung   ^{12, 13} , MPH, MD

¹ VA Bedford Healthcare System, Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research, Bedford, MA, United States

² Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass TH Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, United States

³ New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States

⁵ Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

⁷ GRECC, William S Middleton Memorial VA Hospital, Madison, WI, United States

⁸ University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States

⁹ GRECC, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

¹⁰ Division of Geriatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

¹¹ VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO, United States

¹² GRECC, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, United States

¹³ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States