Implementation and Outcomes of a Kidney and Cardiovascular Screening Program
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This presentation offers insights from a successful quality improvement (QI) project to improve three-day linkage to care in a large urban federally qualified health center (FQHC) network. Attendees will learn concrete strategies to improve linkage to care, including changes to policy and workflow, as well as new approaches to using data for QI.
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Motivational interviewing is widely used in patient care, but organizational change efforts can benefit from similar techniques. This session will describe the use of motivational interviewing in coaching to improve HIV testing, prevention, and care in rural clinics and other settings. Attendees will practice using motivational interviewing for organizational change.
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This session will focus on different methods of quality improvement (QI) with an emphasis on the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle. There will also be discussions around challenges and successes with implementing QI projects.
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Several advanced quality improvement (QI) tools are discussed, including SIPOC Diagram, Value-Stream Mapping, A3 Sheets, Failure Mode, and Effects Analysis, and Spaghetti Diagram. Participants learn how to apply those tools in busy HIV agencies, either free-standing HIV ambulatory clinics or RWHAP networks, to measurably improve their viral suppression rates.
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CAREWare users can provide input on all CAREWare 6 software components, including ease of use, design, reports, and other features. This session will address challenges with specific features like setup, administration, generating reports, and basic data entry.
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Quality improvement is dependent on a strong system of data collection, management, and analysis. The Learners Education and Practice Portal (LEAPP) developed by the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) at the University of Pittsburgh has an integral role in providing AETCs with quality improvement opportunities through the Six Sigma model of quality improvement.
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This session is facilitated by people with HIV, who bring their own lived experiences and their perspectives shaped by years of working in HIV programs. The panel of presenters will share a framework for involvement and strategies on how to actively engage people with HIV in local quality improvement efforts.
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In the spirit of the Denver Principles, people with HIV should be involved at every level of quality improvement. Presenters from the Client Advisory Board (CAB) at Health Emergency Lifeline Programs and Corktown Health Center in Detroit will provide practical tools for strengthening consumer engagement through CAB and Quality Committee participation.
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This session will help recipient and subrecipient sites to successfully connect their CAREWare and other electronic health information systems with external sources of data to report and monitor HIV care and treatment outcomes. This session will provide practical examples of successful data integration and highlight ongoing issues and costs in long-term management and maintenance.
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This discussion will give an overview of the methods and techniques used to handle a workforce that was comfortable with the status quo after 20 years of using CAREWare versions 1 through 5 and not ready to give in to change very quickly.
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Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/22/2023
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This session will outline establishment of community partnerships and implementation of housing, nutrition, and substance use treatment programs. It will detail contract development between the presenters’ clinic and community partners and outline how, following policy clarification notice (PCN) 16-02 guidance on allowable uses of program income, community partners are reimbursed in support of these programs.
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