A growing proportion of the population in the United States are older adults, and they are frequent users of convenient care clinics. This is particularly true for older adults from systematically marginalized communities who may be at greater risk for chronic health conditions and unmet healthcare needs. These trends render convenient care clinics critical sites to reimagine the provision of care for older adults. To improve the quality of care the CVS MinuteClinic implemented the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework (assessing What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility). Research to evaluate two interventions (reflective learning and virtual clinic participation) to improve healthcare providers’ (HCP) uptake of the 4Ms was implemented. After the interventions, HCPs were provided a self-administered online survey to capture qualitative reports of reflections on learning and implementing the 4Ms. A total of 32 providers from both groups completed the survey. Using a codebook thematic analysis approach, facilitators and barriers for implementation were identified as were HCPs’ innovative approaches to consistently and effectively implement the 4Ms. Facilitator themes were the presence of resources (e.g., peer coaches) and the perceived value of the 4Ms model. Barrier themes included time, documentation issues, workflow challenges, HCP stress, and HCP comfort. Innovation themes included designing efficient workflows, scaffolded 4Ms learning, and collaboration. These findings underscore the supports/innovations to amplify and challenges to address to support HCPs in learning and implementing the 4Ms to improve the quality of care for older adults.
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