Barak Gaster, Monica Zigman Suchsland, Joshua M. Liao, Sarah McKiddy, Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Basia Belza, Amy P. Hsu, Jaqueline Raetz
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A Large Health System Quality Improvement Intervention Providing Training and Tools to Improve Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care
Background
Primary care providers (PCPs) are at the forefront of evaluating cognitive concerns and detecting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), but they generally lack the training and tools to do so.
Methods
We performed a 2-year pragmatic intervention across a large health system of 14 community-based primary care clinics (94 PCPs). The intervention consisted of an education series integrated with workup tools in the exam room to assist PCPs in evaluating cognition. Electronic health record (EHR) data was extracted for 9 months before and 9 months after the intervention. Outcome measures were the number of cognitive assessments that PCPs recorded as discrete results in the EHR and the number of patients who PCPs newly diagnosed with an ADRD-related diagnosis.
Results
Comparing EHR data from the 9 months before the intervention to the 9 months after the intervention, the number of cognitive assessments documented in the EHR increased from 2.8 per month to 19.8 per month (p < 0.001), and the number of new ADRD-related diagnoses made by PCPs increased from 6.2 per month to 14.6 per month (p = 0.012).
Conclusions
An intervention integrating tools for PCPs to use in the exam room, together with concise continuing education, increased the number of cognitive evaluations and the number of ADRD-related diagnoses in a large primary care health system. Such interventions are essential for building age-friendly ambulatory health systems and connecting patients to improved and innovative models of ADRD care.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) is the go-to journal for clinical aging research. We provide a diverse, interprofessional community of healthcare professionals with the latest insights on geriatrics education, clinical practice, and public policy—all supporting the high-quality, person-centered care essential to our well-being as we age. Since the publication of our first edition in 1953, JAGS has remained one of the oldest and most impactful journals dedicated exclusively to gerontology and geriatrics.
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