Data can be used to educate agency leaders and other decision-makers in order to lead efforts toward changes and enhancement of HIV care and public health approaches to ending the HIV epidemic and curing hepatitis C. Data utilization can be applied in the design of agency services, community planning, integration of data systems, and identification of cluster outbreaks.
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Best Practices and Emerging Models
- HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Toolkit to help Health Centers expand the provision of HIV services.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementCollection of implementation guides on evidence-informed best practices in HIV care delivery.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementThe Clinic-Based Surveillance-Informed (CBSI) intervention combines clinic and health department surveillance data to identify people with HIV who are out of care and re-engage and retain them in HIV care.
- Center for Innovation and EngagementClinical Decision Support System (CDSS) that generates alerts in electronic medical records to notify HIV outpatient providers of suboptimal follow-up, virologic failure, and laboratory toxicity.
Resources
- SPNS HIV/HCV Data-to-Care InitiativeThese Excel workbooks contain templates and instructions for jurisdictions implementing HIV/HCV data-to-care projects. They contain instructions, data sheet templates, and summary report views.
- Data Integration, Systems and Quality (DISQ) TeamSessions for RWHAP agencies to talk with their peers about technical challenges and solutions.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Update to the Unmet Need Methodology for RWHAP Part A and B recipients.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)Questions and answers about using the Compass Dashboard.
Training Modules
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying demographic characteristics of RWHAP AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) clients.
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying standardized performance tools to support RWHAP jurisdictional comparisons and evaluation.
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying characteristics and demographics of the clients served by RWHAP.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying RWHAP client outcome data for viral suppression and retention in care (national, state, or metropolitan area data).
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying outcomes and client characteristics by age groups of RWHAP clients.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying viral suppression and retention in care by housing status of RWHAP clients.
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying viral suppression or retention in care by race/ethnicity of RWHAP clients.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying RWHAP client viral suppression and retention in care, by transmission category as well as variations among priority populations.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Data visualization tool for use by RWHAP agencies to make use of data in decision-making in order to improve outcomes along the HIV care continuum.
COMPASS Dashboard screen displaying the percentage of RWHAP clients receiving core medical and support services.
COMPASS Dashboard notes and definitions.
Explanation of COMPASS Dashboard data elements and how to filter information in order to focus on desired topics.
Webinars and Training
- Data Integration, Systems and Quality (DISQ) Team
DISQ “Office Hours” are technical assistance opportunities that allow Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) recipient and provider staff to talk with their
- Data Integration, Systems and Quality (DISQ) Team, Ryan White Data SupportFeedback session for RWHAP recipients to discuss challenges or issues experienced during the 2022 RSR submission process.
- RWHAP Data Support
This webinar contains step-by-step instructions for recipients on accessing and completing the 2023 RWHAP Part A PTR.
- IHIPBest practices and tools for telling persuasive stories with your data.
- Data Integration, Systems and Quality (DISQ) TeamReview of 2021 RSR data and data quality issues.
- Data Integration, Systems and Quality (DISQ) Team, Ryan White Data SupportReview of 2022 RSR changes and the strategies for implementing them.
- Technical Assistance Provider Innovation Network (TAP-in)Recordings of the TAP-in webinars on topics critical to the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.
- National Center for Innovation in HIV Care
Discussion of how programs can use HIV laboratory surveillance data to re-link them to care (Data to Care).