Clinical Quality Management

Tool within the RSR portal that allows recipients to enter aggregate data on the HRSA HAB Performance Measures.

Performance measures to help Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program agencies monitor and improve the quality of care they deliver.

Manual for trainers to use in conducting the TCQ Program to prepare consumers take part in quality improvement efforts in HIV care agencies.

Tool for trainers on designing trainings on quality improvement in HIV care.

Explanation of the purpose of the HIVQUAL Model and key tasks for completing each of its Program and Project Cycles. 

This course covers the basics of choosing an improvement project.

Foundational presentations on the basics of clinical quality improvement. Some presentations were recorded.

Webinars on HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) policy notices and program letters for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients.

Interactive online training sessions designed to guide HIV care providers through fundamental concepts in quality improvement and to teach skills necessary to create and implement quality management plans.

Review of training and technical assistance available on quality improvement for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.

Resources for use in the TQL Program including the Facilitators Guide, slide sets and the handouts used in the training.

Facilitator Manual for those who participate in the TCB Program and those who strive to lead activities to improve HIV care.

Ideas on how to take a quality management plan and put it into action. 

Sample Ryan White agency job descriptions for agencies looking for a jump start on writing position postings.

HIV electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM) for use by any provider, organization, or facility. Measures developed and tested by HRSA.

Review of the activities and tools used to conduct the end+disparities ECHO Collaborative, a multi-year national quality improvement initiative focused on reducing HIV health disparities among four subpopulations.

Combined Model for Improvement and PDSA Cycle worksheet. 

Description of the attributes to look for when recruiting quality improvement team members.

Guide to help RWHAP agencies in a particular region/state collaborate on quality management efforts via a learning collaborative.

Tool to help RWHAP recipients develop robust partnerships with recipients and their subcontractors in order to meet funding requirements for clinical quality management.

Tools used for quality and program monitoring by a Part A program.

Tools developed by a Part A program to monitor services and program administration.

Ideas for overcoming barriers to developing sound clinical quality management programs (e.g., unfamiliarity with quality improvement concepts, lack of staff).

Guide to help HIV providers to lead a learning collaborative designed to improve the quality of HIV care.

Guide on ways an organization can involve consumers in quality improvment.

Step-by-step process for measuring clinical performance with the goal of improving quality of care:

HIV-specific, validated tool to assess patient satisfaction with HIV primary care.

Ways RWHAP Part B programs and ADAPs can enhance clinical quality management activities.

Results from the quality improvement (QI) collaborative, HIV Cross‐Part Care Continuum Collaborative (H4C), to affect measurable improvements in broad geographic regions utilizing the HIV Care Continuum.

Federal agency that administers the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), which helps low-income people with HIV receive care.