Enhancing the Ability of Primary Care Practices to Report on Age-Friendly Quality of Care Measures: A Novel Approach.

Abstract

Health systems are mandated to report on quality of care provided to older patients. However, reporting on quality of care remains challenging. The coordinating center for a practice-based research network collaborated with primary care practices to develop tools to facilitate data collection and reporting of age-friendly quality-of-care measures. Three practices informed design of the toolkit. Six additional practices (9 practices total) used the toolkit to report measurement data with technical assistance. All practices reported that quality-of-care assessment using the toolkit was feasible and acceptable. Providing tools and technical assistance are effective strategies for enabling primary care practices to report age-friendly quality metrics.