Supporting Age-Friendly Health Systems: Implementing and Disseminating Person-Driven Outcome Measures

Grant Summary

This grant supports the National Committee for Quality Assurance in promoting use of health care quality measures that evaluate how well clinicians address “What Matters” to older adults – an essential component of the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms framework. Best care for older adults is guided by the unique health goals and priorities of the individual, yet existing quality indicators do not effectively evaluate whether individualized goals are being met. This renewal of work, co-funded with The SCAN Foundation, will support the adoption of person-driven measures in health plans’ quality and value-based payment programs by implementing pathways to widespread use of the measures; creating demand for person-driven outcome measurement; and increasing clinician and delivery system acceptance and use, thereby supporting more meaningful and personalized care.

Related Grant Resources

• Project Page: Measuring What Matters Most to Older Adults
• Person-Centered Outcome Measures: Overview
• NCQA 2022 Health Innovation Summit Session Recording: Promoting Equity by Measuring What Matters Most
• Better Care Playbook Blog: Incorporating What Matters Most to Patients into Care Delivery
• Grantmakers in Health 2021 Annual Conference Quick Take: Measuring What Matters to Older Adults
• Previous Phase: Demonstration of Person-Driven Outcome Measures for an Age-Friendly Health System