Using the CQII Disparities Calculators
Resource updated 06/17/2024
Resource updated 06/17/2024
Despite systemwide efforts to increase capacity for quality improvement (QI) there remains challenges in bridging the gap between quality improvement concepts, best clinical practices, and client barriers to quality care. To address this gap, the Broward EMA utilized a learning collaborative approach to improve providers’ capacity to conduct QI.
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HRSA/HAB Policy Clarification Notice 15-02 provides guidance on Clinical Quality Management (CQM) program infrastructure components. The content will focus on planning your CQM program, developing your work plan, and building the CQM committee. This session is intended for people with less than two years of experience in CQM.
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Recipients determine how subrecipients will contribute to the recipients’ Clinical Quality Management (CQM) program. Recipients will share how to meet the HRSA HAB policy clarification notice (PCN) 15-02 guidance regarding CQM program activity identification for their subrecipients and how to confirm subrecipients have the capacity and resources to contribute to the recipient’s CQM program.
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This informative, interactive workshop will inform participants of the basic tenets of developing and revising a clinical quality management (CQM) plan and associated work plan, based on operational capacity and CQM program planned activities. Using their own CQM plans, participants will assess and revise each section with the guidance of subject matter experts.
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Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
University of Mississippi Medical Center utilized known barriers to care for postpartum women with HIV and leveraged that information to schedule individualized interactions with pregnant and postpartum women with HIV. This low-cost, low-effort initiative resulted in statistically significant improvements in both retention in care and viral suppression rates in postpartum women with HIV.
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The Linkage to Care (LTC) Program at Denver Health/Denver Public Health is an innovative model using continuous quality improvement and community partners to close gaps in the HIV care continuum. This linkage model serves those seeking HIV prevention service as well as people with HIV seeking linkage and retention in care.
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Establishing an opt-out HIV screening program in the emergency department has almost quadrupled HIV screening rates and has identified new and out-of-care cases. Utilizing a continuous quality improvement approach has allowed it to become a catalyst to improve workflows for other gaps in University Medical Center of Southern Nevada's HIV care continuum process.
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Learn about strategies for improving access to oral healthcare through better integration of electronic health and dental records and regular communication across dental and medical settings. Hear from recipients who participated in technical assistance site visits to improve oral health and primary care integration discuss experiences and lessons learned from their own integration efforts.
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Improving Hepatitis C surveillance can help RWHAP jurisdictions identify, monitor, and connect coinfected people with HIV to Hepatitis C (HCV) care and treatment. This panel will provide an opportunity to hear federal updates on Hepatitis C surveillance and learn about a data-to-care approach and overcoming surveillance data gaps.
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The Alabama Quality Management Group (AQMG) is a consortium of quality leaders representing all Alabama RWHAP Part C and D clinics, over 80% of Alabama's HIV-diagnosed population. Data for Care Alabama (D4C-AL), a CDC-funded retention-in-care project, uses risk-stratification based on missed visits. It is currently being implemented at one site but will continue to be implemented over time.
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In this interactive workshop, participants will learn real-world strategies to effectively apply quality improvement methodologies to mitigate HIV disparities. Workshop attendees will be introduced to the end+disparities ECHO Collaborative, the largest virtual community of practice of its kind. A panel of presenters will share their improvement interventions combating health disparities.
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This presentation discusses results from the HRSA Special Projects of National Significance Evidence-Informed Approaches to Improving Health Outcomes for people with HIV project. It highlights the value of evidence scoring in conjunction with impact assessments of real-world experts and implementers to increase potential adoption and implementation success of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions.
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Staff from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and CRI will present the fundamentals, best practices, and innovations for their clinical quality management (CQM) program that aimed to improve timely enrollment and retention in the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The presentation will include an overview of the transition to self-attestation and how organizational change supported a quality-driven approach.
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This presentation will provide an overview of various strategies utilized by the quality management program to increase participation of people with HIV and discuss lessons learned from implemented strategies. The intended audience is those interested in expanding existing program avenues to provide opportunities for capacity building related to quality management concepts for people with HIV.
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This presentation focuses on peer-based training for engaging consumer voices in HIV providers' quality improvement efforts. Community-based, peer-led efforts impact HIV care program effectiveness. Peer-led training concentrating on client advocacy and involvement in quality improvement is another method for promoting intentional collaboration between HIV service programs and people with HIV.
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Sound monitoring practices require collaboration across an organization to implement strong financial and program management systems. The Texas Ryan White Part B program and fiscal monitoring units have developed robust processes and tools to share with other Ryan White recipients.
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