A brief update on the National Chlamydia Coalition by Ashley Coffield, MPA, Senior Fellow, Partnership for Prevention. Presented at the 2012 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting.
NHS Improving Quality was invited to take part in a recently held event that celebrated the work that is being done in partnership between the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and AQuA to deliver a Quality Improvement Methodologies Programme (QuIMP).
Gillian Phazey, Learning and Organisational Development Manager at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust explains:
'The Learning and Organisational Development and Governance teams at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have been working collaboratively with AQuA to deliver a Quality Improvement Methodologies Programme (QuIMP) to support staff in developing knowledge and skills in this topic. The programme has been specifically designed to support colleagues wanting to gain an introduction to the fundamentals and concepts of quality improvement. So far, two cohorts of staff, from clinical and non-clinical areas of the Trust have completed the programme, and have completed quality improvement projects in their own work area to apply their knowledge. On 17th July a celebration event was held for cohort 2 where staff presented their work in poster or presentation form, the aim of which is to share and spread learning across the Trust. Projects were wide ranging, from introducing new processes to reduce complaints and drug errors, to improving patient experience by implementing new tools and techniques. The day was a great success with the Chief Executive and Chief Nurse in attendance. The Trust is highly supportive of this approach in equipping staff with these important techniques, and the programme supports not only our internal quality agenda and objectives, but more widely responds to the recommendations of the Berwick report. The next cohort is starting in September this year.'
Fiona Thow, Patient Safety Collaborative Delivery Lead at NHS Improving Quality delivered a keynote speech, (link to presentation slides) providing a national perspective on the plans for improving patient safety and took the opportunity to introduce the national safety collaboratives. She also highlighted the need for organisations and individuals to think differently about safety for both patients and staff.
Grand Round: RITHIM — A New Approach to Research in ManitobaCHICommunications
Research Improvements Through Harmonization in Manitoba (RITHIM) is the next step in streamlining and improving the research process. Together, we can improve the lives of Manitobans.
Canadian Psychological Association For Cameron NormanCameron Norman
Presentation at the CPA convention on the work done by the CAN-ADAPTT project. Norman, C.D. & Selby, P. (2010, June). CAN-ADAPTT: Developing a Canadian Smoking Cessation Guideline. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Winnipeg, MB, June 3, 2010.
NHS Improving Quality was invited to take part in a recently held event that celebrated the work that is being done in partnership between the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and AQuA to deliver a Quality Improvement Methodologies Programme (QuIMP).
Gillian Phazey, Learning and Organisational Development Manager at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust explains:
'The Learning and Organisational Development and Governance teams at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have been working collaboratively with AQuA to deliver a Quality Improvement Methodologies Programme (QuIMP) to support staff in developing knowledge and skills in this topic. The programme has been specifically designed to support colleagues wanting to gain an introduction to the fundamentals and concepts of quality improvement. So far, two cohorts of staff, from clinical and non-clinical areas of the Trust have completed the programme, and have completed quality improvement projects in their own work area to apply their knowledge. On 17th July a celebration event was held for cohort 2 where staff presented their work in poster or presentation form, the aim of which is to share and spread learning across the Trust. Projects were wide ranging, from introducing new processes to reduce complaints and drug errors, to improving patient experience by implementing new tools and techniques. The day was a great success with the Chief Executive and Chief Nurse in attendance. The Trust is highly supportive of this approach in equipping staff with these important techniques, and the programme supports not only our internal quality agenda and objectives, but more widely responds to the recommendations of the Berwick report. The next cohort is starting in September this year.'
Fiona Thow, Patient Safety Collaborative Delivery Lead at NHS Improving Quality delivered a keynote speech, (link to presentation slides) providing a national perspective on the plans for improving patient safety and took the opportunity to introduce the national safety collaboratives. She also highlighted the need for organisations and individuals to think differently about safety for both patients and staff.
Grand Round: RITHIM — A New Approach to Research in ManitobaCHICommunications
Research Improvements Through Harmonization in Manitoba (RITHIM) is the next step in streamlining and improving the research process. Together, we can improve the lives of Manitobans.
Canadian Psychological Association For Cameron NormanCameron Norman
Presentation at the CPA convention on the work done by the CAN-ADAPTT project. Norman, C.D. & Selby, P. (2010, June). CAN-ADAPTT: Developing a Canadian Smoking Cessation Guideline. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Winnipeg, MB, June 3, 2010.
Taking Transformational Change To Scale.Doebbeling.3.9.10.FinalBrad Doebbeling
Taking transformational change to scale:Reducing MRSA and other infections.
5th National Pay for Performance Summit:
Mini Summit IV: Tools and Strategies to Support Transformational Change
San Francisco, CA, March 8-10, 2010
Effective Healthcare Data Governance Strategy Propels Data TransformationHealth Catalyst
Data governance often has negative connotations, such as contention, complexity, or tedium. In addition, the challenges associated with effective data governance—including breaking down long-existing data silos, a lack of trust in the data, and executive buy-in—can further thwart progress. There are, however, better ways to perform healthcare data governance. Join this webinar with Phillip Rowell, Vice President of Clinical and Business Intelligence at Carle Health and Bryan Hinton, Chief Technology Officer at Health Catalyst, to learn how proven approaches and a shared vision for data governance allow health systems to maximize data, their greatest asset.
Participants will learn the following:
• The common pitfalls of data governance and how to address them.
• How to use the momentum from the data procurement stage to develop an effective data governance strategy.
• The positive results health systems can achieve from effective data governance.
The Nuts & Bolts of Integrating Health Technology Assessment in Care Pathways...Brenda Rehaluk
This MA organizational change project was sponsored by the Alberta Health Services (AHS), Strategic Clinical Network, Health Technology Assessment and Adoption (SCN, HTAA) team. This research project's overarching question was on how can health technology assessment be used effectively in clinical care pathways and clinical practice guideline development.
Findings: Health technology assessment (HTA) creates a common language among health care providers to improve engagement and patient centred care. Optimization of health technology assessment involves the development of relationships, education, and simple technological tools to create a culture of HTA acceptance.
Introducing Health Catalyst University: An Innovative Approach for Accelerati...Health Catalyst
Anyone involved in healthcare knows we need to improve quality and lower costs—but where do you start? And how do you reduce the time it takes to realize improvements after deciding on a course of action? Then there’s the added responsibility of managing the transition to risk-based payment models where the consequences of getting it wrong increase with each passing year.
For these reasons we feel compelled to break from our standard webinar routine and present a new webinar, where we will introduce the Health Catalyst University’s Accelerated Practices (AP) Program, a unique learning experience that has been designed to help you tackle these problems. First, you will hear from Tommy Prewitt, MD, director of the Healthcare Delivery Institute at HORNE LLP. He will share his perspective about the need for change. He will also talk about how programs like ours are critical to surviving and thriving in this new era of healthcare. Then you will hear from Bryan Oshiro, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer of Health Catalyst. He will explain how the AP Program equips you with the tools and knowledge to mobilize others in accelerating outcomes improvement work and sustaining the gains.
In specific, Tommy Prewitt, MD, will discuss:
The problems the industry is facing
How variations in care delivery impact quality and cost
The value of giving clinicians the right tools to effectively use data to drive outcomes improvement
Sustainable improvements course participants have achieved by attending HORNE’s Advanced Training Program
In specific, Bryan Oshiro, MD, will discuss:
The components required to make a quality improvement training course successful
The need for course participants to apply the science of improvement to course projects in a practical, immersive format
Why leaders need to learn how to understand the nuances of human behavior as a way to affect positive change
The return on investment a quality improvement training program such as Health Catalyst’s Accelerated Practices (AP) Program provides
What attendees of the AP Program will learn
Both presenters are graduates of and proponents for Intermountain’s Advanced Training Program (ATP), a quality improvement program started by Brent James, MD. Their goals with this webinar are to give you greater insight to the problems the industry is facing and a renewed sense of purpose knowing that resources are available to help you through this challenging time.
In October 2020, IPPOSI published a membership engagement survey on its draft 4-year strategy. This slide deck captures the summary results of the survey.
June 23, 2017
At this event, leading health care executives, experts, policymakers, and other thought leaders gathered to conclude a project to develop a guiding framework for providing improved care for people with serious illness. Participants observed the final working session where distinguished panelists discussed innovations in program design and pathways for delivering high quality care to an aging population with chronic illnesses, especially those with declining function and complex care needs. The panelists engaged audience members in Q&A sessions during each panel, as well as at breakout sessions over lunch.
This project was funded by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, and this convening was part of the Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy, a collaboration between the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
Learn more on the website: http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/critical-pathways-to-improved-care-for-serious-illness-2
Taking Transformational Change To Scale.Doebbeling.3.9.10.FinalBrad Doebbeling
Taking transformational change to scale:Reducing MRSA and other infections.
5th National Pay for Performance Summit:
Mini Summit IV: Tools and Strategies to Support Transformational Change
San Francisco, CA, March 8-10, 2010
Effective Healthcare Data Governance Strategy Propels Data TransformationHealth Catalyst
Data governance often has negative connotations, such as contention, complexity, or tedium. In addition, the challenges associated with effective data governance—including breaking down long-existing data silos, a lack of trust in the data, and executive buy-in—can further thwart progress. There are, however, better ways to perform healthcare data governance. Join this webinar with Phillip Rowell, Vice President of Clinical and Business Intelligence at Carle Health and Bryan Hinton, Chief Technology Officer at Health Catalyst, to learn how proven approaches and a shared vision for data governance allow health systems to maximize data, their greatest asset.
Participants will learn the following:
• The common pitfalls of data governance and how to address them.
• How to use the momentum from the data procurement stage to develop an effective data governance strategy.
• The positive results health systems can achieve from effective data governance.
The Nuts & Bolts of Integrating Health Technology Assessment in Care Pathways...Brenda Rehaluk
This MA organizational change project was sponsored by the Alberta Health Services (AHS), Strategic Clinical Network, Health Technology Assessment and Adoption (SCN, HTAA) team. This research project's overarching question was on how can health technology assessment be used effectively in clinical care pathways and clinical practice guideline development.
Findings: Health technology assessment (HTA) creates a common language among health care providers to improve engagement and patient centred care. Optimization of health technology assessment involves the development of relationships, education, and simple technological tools to create a culture of HTA acceptance.
Introducing Health Catalyst University: An Innovative Approach for Accelerati...Health Catalyst
Anyone involved in healthcare knows we need to improve quality and lower costs—but where do you start? And how do you reduce the time it takes to realize improvements after deciding on a course of action? Then there’s the added responsibility of managing the transition to risk-based payment models where the consequences of getting it wrong increase with each passing year.
For these reasons we feel compelled to break from our standard webinar routine and present a new webinar, where we will introduce the Health Catalyst University’s Accelerated Practices (AP) Program, a unique learning experience that has been designed to help you tackle these problems. First, you will hear from Tommy Prewitt, MD, director of the Healthcare Delivery Institute at HORNE LLP. He will share his perspective about the need for change. He will also talk about how programs like ours are critical to surviving and thriving in this new era of healthcare. Then you will hear from Bryan Oshiro, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer of Health Catalyst. He will explain how the AP Program equips you with the tools and knowledge to mobilize others in accelerating outcomes improvement work and sustaining the gains.
In specific, Tommy Prewitt, MD, will discuss:
The problems the industry is facing
How variations in care delivery impact quality and cost
The value of giving clinicians the right tools to effectively use data to drive outcomes improvement
Sustainable improvements course participants have achieved by attending HORNE’s Advanced Training Program
In specific, Bryan Oshiro, MD, will discuss:
The components required to make a quality improvement training course successful
The need for course participants to apply the science of improvement to course projects in a practical, immersive format
Why leaders need to learn how to understand the nuances of human behavior as a way to affect positive change
The return on investment a quality improvement training program such as Health Catalyst’s Accelerated Practices (AP) Program provides
What attendees of the AP Program will learn
Both presenters are graduates of and proponents for Intermountain’s Advanced Training Program (ATP), a quality improvement program started by Brent James, MD. Their goals with this webinar are to give you greater insight to the problems the industry is facing and a renewed sense of purpose knowing that resources are available to help you through this challenging time.
In October 2020, IPPOSI published a membership engagement survey on its draft 4-year strategy. This slide deck captures the summary results of the survey.
June 23, 2017
At this event, leading health care executives, experts, policymakers, and other thought leaders gathered to conclude a project to develop a guiding framework for providing improved care for people with serious illness. Participants observed the final working session where distinguished panelists discussed innovations in program design and pathways for delivering high quality care to an aging population with chronic illnesses, especially those with declining function and complex care needs. The panelists engaged audience members in Q&A sessions during each panel, as well as at breakout sessions over lunch.
This project was funded by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, and this convening was part of the Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy, a collaboration between the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
Learn more on the website: http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/critical-pathways-to-improved-care-for-serious-illness-2
HLEG thematic workshop on Measurement of Well Being and Development in Africa...StatsCommunications
HLEG thematic workshop on Measurement of Well Being and Development in Africa, 12-14 November 2015, Durban, South Africa, More information at: www.oecd.org/statistics/measuring-economic-social-progress
A brief update on the National Chlamydia Coalition by Ashley Coffield, MPA, Senior Fellow, Partnership for Prevention. Presented at the 2012 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting.
A brief update on the National Chlamydia Coalition by Susan Maloney, MHS, Managing Senior Fellow and Senior Program Officer, Partnership for Prevention
Reflections and closing remarks from Gale Burstein, MD, MPH, FAAP, Medical Director, STD and TB Prevention and Control, Erie County Department of Health, representing the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Background
Today's context for health leadership is complex, rapidly evolving, and calls for new approaches to the development of leaders for today and the future. “We need to train our leaders to be more collaborative, to be more inclusive, and to have greater integrity. It’s a whole different set of practices[1].” The Center for Health Leadership and Practice (CHLP) has an innovative approach to leadership development that brings together teams of leaders from multiple sectors that want to advance their leadership skills and achieve health equity in their community.
Program
CHLP trains multi-sectoral teams in an applied, team-based, and collaborative leadership development model. Using experiential learning, an applied health leadership project is the primary vehicle for leadership learning. The core curriculum is based on five competencies: Leadership Mastery; Ability to work effectively across sectors; Application of continuous quality improvement principles; Appropriate use of data for planning, assessment, monitoring and evaluation; and Commitment to a population health perspective. The work throughout the year is divided into four phases that each includes leadership themes: 1) inspiration; 2) ideation; 3) implementation and growing; and 4) sustaining and transition[2]. Team development is further enhanced and curriculum customized with a team coach. As fellows begin the program year they begin exploring and are challenged to examine their partners, stakeholders and networks. This theme is resurfaced at each phase of the program to examine the true diversity and voices needed to achieve population health improvement.
Lessons Learned
Rigorous CQI processes inform cutting edge program development
Developing capacities of multi-sector teams of leaders to work and lead across sectors improves their ability to successfully navigate today’s complex environment and effectively collaborate on community health projects.
Presented by Susan Maloney, MHS, Managing Senior Fellow and Senior Program Officer, Partnership for Prevention, and Yvonne Hamby, Project Director, JSI Research and Training Institute and Infertility Prevention Program, Region VIII at the 2010 National
Webinar on Quality Improvement Strategies in a Team-Based Care Environment CHC Connecticut
Building a quality improvement (QI) infrastructure within team-based care is an organizational strategy that will establish a culture of continuous improvement across departments and improve quality in all domains of performance. Many positions in primary care now require QI training as part of employees' professional development.
Our expert faculty discuss tools you can use to build and implement a QI infrastructure within your team-based setting to improve patient care.
Panelists:
• Deb Ward, RN, Senior Quality Improvement Manager, Community Health Center, Inc.
• Kathleen Thies, PhD, RN, Consultant, Researcher, Weitzman Institute
Keynote presentation from the TSA Internatonal Conference 2012 sharing psychological and organizational research on health and social care partnerships
Describing the new CDCF project for tagging Systematic reviews - synergistic plan with the MASCOT (Multilateral Association for Studying Health Inequalities and Enhancing North-South And South-South Cooperation – is funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).f7th project
The Joint Learning Network in Action: Spotlight on GhanaHFG Project
More and more countries are implementing complex health systems reforms to achieve universal health coverage. The Joint Learning Network (JLN) is a country-driven network of practitioners and policymakers who together develop knowledge products to bridge the gap between theory and practice, with the goal of extending health care coverage to more than 3 billion people.
The JLN community is comprised of leaders from ministries of health, national health financing agencies, and other key government institutions in 27 Asian, African, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries as well as a diverse group of international, regional, and local partners.
On Thursday, September 22, the HFG Project hosted a technical briefing session on the JLN's work on the ground, and about Ghana’s National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on their collaboration with the JLN and the HFG project. Speakers included: Amanda Folsom (JLN Program Director, Results for Development), Nathaniel Otoo, (Chief Executive, Ghana NHIA), Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby (Director, Claims, NHIA), and Chris Lovelace (Principal Associate, International Health, Abt Associates).
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Please provide at least a 250-word response, utilizing references from the text and/or supplemental reading. Please also be sure to respond to at least two of your peers on the forum.
It is obviously important when defining a project that the leaders have a clear perspective as to the direction of the project and the needs of the stakeholders. In the readings for this chapter the authors talked about the “power/interest” map for assessing stakeholders. Describe how this process works and its application. What are its advantages? How do you see this concept working in a modern organizational setting where a multitude of projects could be executed at any given moment?
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Please provide at least a 250 word response, utilizing references from the text and/or supplemental reading. Please also be sure to respond to at least two of your peers on the forum.
Clearly the conceptualization of structures is very important in defining a project en route to execution. The authors of this text talked about both the work break down structure (WBS) as well as the process break down structure (PBS) describe both of these processes and articulate their application. Make sure that you discuss thoroughly the circumstances in which these tools are utilized and how they can be successfully implemented today. Make sure that you utilize specific references to the text in responding to this discussion question.
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POLICY PROPOSAL
Introduction
Throughout this paper, I will explain why Mercy Health's suggested metric benchmarks fall short and why an organizational policy is needed to fix them. Second, highlight potential environmental factors and their effects on those strategies and provide ethically based strategies to improve metric performance issues. Thirdly, make a concise policy plan and offer suggestions for resolving performance issues concerning local, state, or federal policies. Finally, discuss stakeholders and group participation's role in successfully implementing procedures.
Proposed Change to Organizational Policy
Mercy Health's current benchmark was established to provide services of the highest possible quality in diabetes screening and prevention. In 2016 and 2017, there were three options for testing. Eye, foot, and HgbA1C tests were part of the testing. Each quarter's goals were established as suggested benchmarks for the provided services. The proposed benchmark exams were 45 for the eyes, 80 for the feet, and 140 for Hgb1Ac testing. The standard recommendations for all three services were below par, necessitating action to increase patient and community involvement. The underperformance of the benchmarks demonstrates a gap between community involvement in healthy living and practices and the hospital. As testing decreases, community illness rises, and health outcomes fall in the opposite direction. This affects care quality. African Americans, Caucasians, and American India.
Presented by Carol Roye, EdD, CPNP, RN, Professor of Nursing, Assistant Dean for Research, Hunter College School of Nursing at the 2013 National Chlamydia Coalition Meeting
Presented by Michael Horberg, MD, MAS, FACP, FIDSA,
Executive Director Research, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Director, HIV/AIDS Kaiser Permanente, at the 2012 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting.
Presented by Richard Crosby, PhD, DDI Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Health Behavior, University of Kentucky at the 2012 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting.
Presented by Marc Garufi, Chief, Public Health Branch, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President at the 2012 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting.
Presented by Jo Valentine, MSW, Associate Director, Office of Health Equity, Division of STD Prevention, CDC, at the 2012 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting
Presented by John R. Papp, Senior Service Fellow, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, at the 2010 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting
Laboratory Recommendations for the Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisse...
NCC Update- 2013 Annual Meeting
1. NCC UPDATE 2013
• Overview—Ashley Coffield
• Provider Education Committee—Karen Smith
• Public Awareness Committee—Yvonne Hamby
• SPG: Adolescent Confidentiality—Heather
Boonstra
• Research Translation Committee—Charlotte
Gaydos
February 20, 2013
2. NCC Update
MISSION
To address the high burden of chlamydia in
adolescents and young adults by promoting
access to comprehensive and high quality
health services
Young people need us!
3. NCC Update
GOALS
Educate providers on the importance of screening,
timely treatment, partner services, and re-screening
as recommended in current guidelines
Educate the public on preventing, screening and
treating chlamydia and preventing re-infection
Translate and disseminate research findings to
enhance the prevention of chlamydia and its medical
and social consequences
Develop & promote policies that ensure access to
chlamydia screening and treatment for all
populations, especially adolescents and young adults
4. NCC Update
MEMBERSHIP
48 members
Three committees: Provider Education, Public
Awareness, and Research Translation
In 2012, we established a Special Policy Group
on Adolescent Confidentiality
5. NCC Update
Strategic Plan, February 2012
Update: Why Screen for Chlamydia: A
Implementation Guide for Health Care
Providers
New NCC Website and Improved CRE
NCC Monthly Newsletter
Annual Report 2012
6. NCC Update
MEETING THEMES
Working with health plans: how can we be
more effective?
What other opportunities & challenges do we
have?
Long-acting contraception: what happens to
screening?
Boys
Confidentiality
Pharmacists
Sexual health
7. NCC Update
National Coalition for Sexual Health
Partnership for Prevention is also manager of the
NCSH
Launched in October 2012
Currently has 25 members (includes organizations
and individuals)
Goal is to advance a positive health promotion
framework
Starting with a small group willing to put in the time
to build messages and products
Complements but does replace the NCC
8. NCC Update
Key Questions for 2013
Steering Committee
Membership recruitment: to grow or not to
grow?
Diversifying funding and sustainability
10. Priority Projects for 2012
Update and Revise Why Screen
Complete Provider Toolkit
Complete State Networking Project
11. Why Screen?
Second edition completed and released online
Updated all data
Expanded and updated sections on EPT, notifying
partners, and taking a sexual history
Revised section on coding
Revised and updated testing recommendations
Included information on HEDIS reporting under
ACA
Developed a diagnosis and treatment diagram
12. Provider Toolkit
Specific provider pathway added to NCC
website
Easierto locate tools and resources
Can be easily updated as new resources are
developed
Revised and updated “Guide to Chlamydia
and STD Resources for Health Care
Professionals” went online in October 2012
Included over 20 additions and revisions to
resources
Clinical practice tools subdivided: 1) Adolescents;
13. State Networking Project
State specific letters sent to 18 states with
contacts from
ACOG, ACNM, PPFA, AAP, NPWH
Names and contact information for key persons in
state provided
Follow up with those responding
Several chapters featured chlamydia and the
NCC at state/local meetings, newsletters, or
email blasts
ACOG had responses from 10/18 states
Follow up continues
14. Other Projects
Developed NCC response to National
Collaborative for Innovation in Quality
Measurement (NCINQ) on Proposed Pediatric
Chlamydia Screening and Treatment Measure
NCC members alerted and several NCC
organizations also responded
Developed new collaboration with the NCQA
Presentations
on chlamydia, NCC, and resources
at HEDIS Best Practices conferences in Seattle
and DC
16. Public Awareness Committee
2012
Review: 2012 NCC Meeting
Stated
goal: improving and extending the
Chlamydia Resource Exchange (CRE)
Led to overhaul of CRE and NCC websites
Soft launch in October 2012
19. Public Awareness Committee
2013
Promotional strategy for NCC website
Full
website and CRE launch for STD Awareness
Month
Promotional strategy for CRE—both
downloads and uploads
Upload challenge to NCC members
Links to CRE from other sites
Seeking specific types of resources to upload,
such as those on adolescents’ rights to
confidentiality
Postcards and other print materials
20. Public Awareness Committee
2013
Consumer-friendly messages about chlamydia
screening
What are the existing chlamydia-specific
messages for consumers?
How might the PAC provide resources health
plans can use?
Should we do more with social media?
22. SPG Update
The NCC will use SPGs to:
Focus on a specific topic
Address policy issues relevant at the time
SPGs will dissolve when objective has been
met
Confidentiality chosen because it was a
recurring issue raised by NCC members but
with no focus
23. SPG Update
This SPG launched at 2012 NCC Meeting
Participants agreed that confidentiality is
emerging as potentially a more significant
barrier due to ACA
Participants identified questions
What are the best levers (federal, state, private
sector)?
What is currently happening?
How can we make an impact/add value?
24. SPG Update
Accomplishments in 2012
Prepared a list of resources on confidentiality
and updated it throughout the year
Wrote a paper that summarizes the issues and
describes recent attempts to influence policy
Prepared updates about confidentiality-related
activities/research for SPG members
Developed a hub for confidentiality information
on the NCC website
25. SPG Update
Next Steps
What can we do as an SPG on this issue
beyond information sharing and awareness?
Is that a sufficient objective to continue an SPG?
Other efforts may produce recommendations
we can eventually endorse, publicize, and
encourage
What options do health care providers have
now?
What other topics should the NCC consider for
an SPG?
27. Research Translation Committee
2012
Released 3 Hot Topics:
Cost Effectiveness of Chlamydia Screening (June
2012), Thomas Gift
Extra-Genital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
Infections (August 2012), John Papp
Use of NAATs to Detect Chlamydia in Children
Being Evaluated for Suspected Sexual Abuse
(November 2012), Margaret Hammerschlag
28. Research Translation Committee
2012
Released 7 Expert Commentaries:
Chlamydial Infection Trends and Outcomes, Lizzi
Torrone (February 2012)
Approaches to Delivering Partner Treatment,
Catherine Lindsey Satterwhite(March 2012)
Developing Effective Strategies for Increasing
Patient Retesting Rates, Wendy Nakatsukasa-
Ono and Holly Howard (April 2012)
Hot Topics and Overview from the 2012 National
STD Prevention Conference, Charlotte Gaydos,
Lizzi Torrone, Karen Hoover, and Sarah
Goldenkranz (May 2012)
29. Research Translation Committee
2012
Expert Commentaries Continued…
Chlamydia Testing Patterns for Commercially
Insured Women, Karen Hoover (July 2012)
Comparative Effectiveness of POC Tests for
Chlamydia in a Clinic Setting, Charlotte Gaydos
(September 2012)
Practical Strategies for Improving Chlamydia and
Gonorrhea Retesting in Your Practice, Wendy
Nakatsukasa-Ono and Holly Howard (October
2012)
30. Research Translation Committee
2012
Vehicles for dissemination in 2012 included:
NCC Newsletter
NCC Website
NCSD Newsletter
Partnership with Provider Education Committee
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Editor's Notes
Adolescents and young adults need organizations like yours with clout and standing to be champions for them and to insist that the evidence-based, cost effective preventive and clinical tools at hand be used more widely to prevent painful and potentially life-long consequences.
Most of what we accomplish happens through our committees, and we’ll hear from them momentarily. A few items of note: First strategic plan since coalition was formed in 2008; helped to focus our attention given the maturity of the coalition and changing health care environment; includes objectives to work with health plans, diversify our membership and funding, and share more information with our members about our accomplishments and available resources. The plan is in your notebook and on the members-only section of our website.We have more than 1,200 subscribersWe issued the coalition’s first annual report, which summarizes our accomplishments in 2012 and provides highlights of our finances. The annual report is in your notebook and on our members-only section of our website.
We’ve chosen panels and speakers to help get our juices flowing!If the most effective contraception lasts for years and is ideal for adolescents and young women, how will screening get done? Will condoms be ignored?Reaching boys may be one answer…but how?Breaches to confidentiality seem entrenched in our current system: what are the work-arounds?Could pharmacists be new front-line proponents of chlamydia screening?How can we use the positive messages and approaches being developed around the concept of “sexual health” to complement and augment our work on chlamydia?
Each coalition—the NCC and NCSH—take a fundamentally different approach. The NCC wants to ensure that the evidence we have about chlamydia and other STDs, and the tools we have to combat the effects of these diseases, are widely implemented to protect adolescent and young adult health. The NCSH aims to make sexual health a common part of our national discourse, to encourage conversations about sexual health, and to normalize sexual health as a core component of our overall health. Much like we are comfortable with heart health, we want Americans to be comfortable talking about their sexual health with their partners, children, and health care providers.
We have not convened a Steering Committee, primarily due to committee burn-out. Do we need one?Membership has remained mostly constant. How do we balance coalition growth with a focus on using our existing members to get stuff done? What new members and/or collaborators would benefit the coalition strategically? Sources of support for the NCC are limited and overlap and compete with sources of support for some of our coalition members, so it’s a delicate balancing act. We want to be proactive but not overreaching.
At our last in-person meeting, received great feedback from PAC on layout, design, and functionality of CREAlso received increased requests to house things on NCC site; each committee had products and/or resources to postDecided to overhaul NCC site and CRE simultaneously to ensure integration for a cohesive NCC brand, and more importantly, increased functionality for both sitesWorked with web designers through the summer, and soft launched new sites in October 2012
Homepage of new NCC website. Review of the new and noteworthy:Improved and password protected “For NCC Members section,” includes a landing page with coalition-wide info (strategic plan, annual report, etc) as well as committee-specific pages to house meeting related info (minutes/agendas)As of this morning, the username for this section will be NCC (uppercase) and password will be chlamydia (lowercase)Specific area designated for “NCC Products” which allows us to better organize all the materials that our committees produce The “Chlamydia Information” section includes new page on “Performance Management and Chlamydia Screening,” which houses info about HEDIS screening rates The NCC mini-grant case studies are housed under “Innovative Strategies.” Each project has its own page where several of the tools and resources used to implement the projects are linked
Overhaul of the Chlamydia Resource Exchange (CRE):Visual changes—more integrated into the overall look and feel of the NCC website; included on the homepage and not as a whole separate page only; included more diverse images (got rid of the image of the provider, which gave the site a bit of a “clinical” feel)Functionality changes—integrated CRE into the NCC website, so you are not rerouted to another page to access it; streamlined the upload process to one page instead of five; included more search options
“Other efforts”: AHIP is convening roundtables of state insurance commissioners and health plan executives to discuss possible solutions.
Mention that at last year’s meeting we changed our name to the Research Translation Committee, and that John Papp is now the new co-chair.