Enhancing the Ability of Primary Care Practices to Report on Age-Friendly Quality of Care Measures

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.