This document provides an evaluation of the Southern North Carolina Allied Health Regional Skills Partnership (SNCAHRSP) and its implementation efforts from July 2009 to June 2011. The evaluation finds that the partnership accomplished several key goals, including improving access to physical therapy programs, increasing graduation rates, developing new career ladder and education programs. However, the partnership also faced challenges from the economic recession and restrictions on resources. The evaluation provides a survey analysis and SWOT analysis, and recommends that the partnership reassess priorities, establish new agreements and plans to help sustain its work amid the loss of funding.
- North Carolina currently has 47 Educator Preparation Programs that provide students with the knowledge and skills to become licensed teachers. These programs collect and report data to state oversight bodies for approval and accountability purposes.
- The state produces almost 100 annual Educator Preparation Program Performance Reports and Report Cards using the reported data. However, the dispersion of data across these reports and lack of uniform metrics makes comparative assessment difficult.
- New legislation strengthened accountability but also introduced challenges, such as sanctioning programs based on small, disaggregated student subgroups. The state has an opportunity to adopt a streamlined, performance-based reporting model to better reflect priorities and assess programs.
HarvardClub of Boston Strategic Plan Summary February, 2011Tom Martorelli
The Harvard Club of Boston developed a 2011 strategic plan with three primary goals: increase membership, improve member engagement, and improve member retention. The plan identifies seven priority areas - membership, facilities, university relations, dining, communications, branding, and governance. It outlines objectives and action plans for each priority, such as increasing overall membership by 20%, reviewing the membership structure, strengthening ties with Harvard University, improving dining experiences, and enhancing communications. The strategic plan was developed through focus groups and a board retreat, and will be implemented by the board, committees, and staff to guide the club over the coming years.
Guidebook for Enhancing Performance of Multi Purpose Workers Nishant NHSRCNishant Parashar
This document provides guidelines for enhancing the performance of Multi-Purpose Workers (Female) or MPW(F), who provide primary healthcare services at Sub Centers in India. It includes a prototype weekly work plan that outlines the activities MPW(F)s should carry out at the Sub Center, during Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHNDs), and on field/home visits. It also provides checklists for monitoring activities and assessing MPW(F) performance. The goal is to help MPW(F)s better organize their work and help supervisors evaluate individual performance, with the overall aims of improving healthcare delivery and outcomes at the Sub Center level.
Community contraceptive services in the UK provide essential family planning services and medical training. The survey found that services experience wide variation in funding levels, with over half receiving less than £500,000 annually. Low budgets often force services to reduce access by limiting appointments or turning clients away. Despite facing budget cuts and staffing shortages, services continue to provide accessible clinics with evening and weekend hours. They also conduct outreach work. Services train over 1500 medical students and 1000 doctors annually. However, reduced resources threaten training capacity. While most services seek client input, low budgets undermine consistent, high-quality care and training across the UK.
Water and Sanitation Sector Performance Report of Ghana, 2009 EditionEnoch Ofosu
This WASH sector report aims to assemble all sector information in one document and make it available to government, development partners, the media, the public, and all key decision-makers in the sector. The intention is to publish the status of the sector annually to help track achievements against set targets and support effective decision-making and policy formulation.
Botswana's Integration of Data Quality Assurance into Standard Operating Proc...MEASURE Evaluation
The document summarizes Botswana's collaboration with MEASURE Evaluation to develop national standards for routine monitoring of health data quality. Key deliverables included standard operating procedures, a customized Routine Data Quality Assessment tool, a training curriculum, and workshops. This helped establish a process for data quality monitoring at all levels of the health system using a bottom-up approach. Feedback on the trainings was positive and districts have begun implementing data quality tracking.
Lessons Learned in Institutional Capacity BuildingHFG Project
The objective of this document is to present lessons learned based on HFG’s ICB experience, and to provide practical guidance that will inform future work in health systems strengthening. Ultimately, improved health system governance and management lead to improvements in the quality of essential health services and in expanding universal health coverage (UHC).
Preparing the Way for the Clinical Nurse Leader, A Work site program Final fo...Colleen Carton Morgan
This document outlines the steps taken to develop a Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) work site program at a major university. The author worked with university faculty and healthcare partners to design a curriculum that met AACN requirements. A needs assessment found support among students and one healthcare partner agreed to pilot the CNL role. The author developed a 2-year part-time curriculum incorporating AACN guidelines and university requirements. Challenges included gaining full commitment from partners and integrating the new role after graduation.
- North Carolina currently has 47 Educator Preparation Programs that provide students with the knowledge and skills to become licensed teachers. These programs collect and report data to state oversight bodies for approval and accountability purposes.
- The state produces almost 100 annual Educator Preparation Program Performance Reports and Report Cards using the reported data. However, the dispersion of data across these reports and lack of uniform metrics makes comparative assessment difficult.
- New legislation strengthened accountability but also introduced challenges, such as sanctioning programs based on small, disaggregated student subgroups. The state has an opportunity to adopt a streamlined, performance-based reporting model to better reflect priorities and assess programs.
HarvardClub of Boston Strategic Plan Summary February, 2011Tom Martorelli
The Harvard Club of Boston developed a 2011 strategic plan with three primary goals: increase membership, improve member engagement, and improve member retention. The plan identifies seven priority areas - membership, facilities, university relations, dining, communications, branding, and governance. It outlines objectives and action plans for each priority, such as increasing overall membership by 20%, reviewing the membership structure, strengthening ties with Harvard University, improving dining experiences, and enhancing communications. The strategic plan was developed through focus groups and a board retreat, and will be implemented by the board, committees, and staff to guide the club over the coming years.
Guidebook for Enhancing Performance of Multi Purpose Workers Nishant NHSRCNishant Parashar
This document provides guidelines for enhancing the performance of Multi-Purpose Workers (Female) or MPW(F), who provide primary healthcare services at Sub Centers in India. It includes a prototype weekly work plan that outlines the activities MPW(F)s should carry out at the Sub Center, during Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHNDs), and on field/home visits. It also provides checklists for monitoring activities and assessing MPW(F) performance. The goal is to help MPW(F)s better organize their work and help supervisors evaluate individual performance, with the overall aims of improving healthcare delivery and outcomes at the Sub Center level.
Community contraceptive services in the UK provide essential family planning services and medical training. The survey found that services experience wide variation in funding levels, with over half receiving less than £500,000 annually. Low budgets often force services to reduce access by limiting appointments or turning clients away. Despite facing budget cuts and staffing shortages, services continue to provide accessible clinics with evening and weekend hours. They also conduct outreach work. Services train over 1500 medical students and 1000 doctors annually. However, reduced resources threaten training capacity. While most services seek client input, low budgets undermine consistent, high-quality care and training across the UK.
Water and Sanitation Sector Performance Report of Ghana, 2009 EditionEnoch Ofosu
This WASH sector report aims to assemble all sector information in one document and make it available to government, development partners, the media, the public, and all key decision-makers in the sector. The intention is to publish the status of the sector annually to help track achievements against set targets and support effective decision-making and policy formulation.
Botswana's Integration of Data Quality Assurance into Standard Operating Proc...MEASURE Evaluation
The document summarizes Botswana's collaboration with MEASURE Evaluation to develop national standards for routine monitoring of health data quality. Key deliverables included standard operating procedures, a customized Routine Data Quality Assessment tool, a training curriculum, and workshops. This helped establish a process for data quality monitoring at all levels of the health system using a bottom-up approach. Feedback on the trainings was positive and districts have begun implementing data quality tracking.
Lessons Learned in Institutional Capacity BuildingHFG Project
The objective of this document is to present lessons learned based on HFG’s ICB experience, and to provide practical guidance that will inform future work in health systems strengthening. Ultimately, improved health system governance and management lead to improvements in the quality of essential health services and in expanding universal health coverage (UHC).
Preparing the Way for the Clinical Nurse Leader, A Work site program Final fo...Colleen Carton Morgan
This document outlines the steps taken to develop a Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) work site program at a major university. The author worked with university faculty and healthcare partners to design a curriculum that met AACN requirements. A needs assessment found support among students and one healthcare partner agreed to pilot the CNL role. The author developed a 2-year part-time curriculum incorporating AACN guidelines and university requirements. Challenges included gaining full commitment from partners and integrating the new role after graduation.
Myanmar Strategic Purchasing 5: Continuous Learning and Problem SolvingHFG Project
This is the fifth in a series of briefs examining practical considerations in the design and implementation of a strategic purchasing pilot project among private general practitioners (GPs) in Myanmar. This pilot aims to start developing the important functions of, and provide valuable lessons around, contracting of health providers and purchasing that will contribute to the broader health financing agenda. More specifically, it is introducing a blended payment system that mixes capitation payments and performance-based incentives to reduce households’ out-of-pocket spending and incentivize providers to deliver an essential package of primary care services.
With the hiring of a new state dental director and the development of a new state oral health plan, there is a renewed interest among oral health stakeholders in California to ensure that school districts and school-based health centers are consistently participating in oral health programming. This panel of experts will provide an overview of the current oral health best practices, funding mechanisms and strategies being explored to increase and institutionalize participation among school districts statewide.
The document discusses the current and projected supply and demand of dentists in the United States. It notes that the ratio of dentists to population is decreasing and that the dental workforce lacks diversity. While demand for dental services is high, especially among underserved populations, the current dental workforce and system does not have the capacity to meet this demand. Solutions proposed include expanding the roles of other oral health professionals, integrating oral healthcare into primary care settings, and addressing barriers to access like cost, location of services, and attitudes.
This document provides information about the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network program, including Patient-Powered Research Networks (PPRNs). PCORI will provide up to $12 million to support the establishment of approximately 18 new or existing PPRNs for 18 months. The goal is to improve the nation's capacity to conduct comparative effectiveness research efficiently by creating a large, representative national patient-centered clinical research network. PPRNs should focus on patient recruitment, data infrastructure development, and network characterization during the funding period.
The Magellan Health clinical team for the Maricopa County RBHA designed and implemented a breakthrough plan for investing $27 million in Arizona state funds for peer and family roles.
This document summarizes a case study on The Rockefeller Foundation's efforts to support universal healthcare in Bangladesh through its Transforming Health Systems initiative. Some key points:
- THS invested in Bangladesh from 2009-2015, awarding 31 grants totaling $115 million across four work streams, with nearly half focused on UHC policy and advocacy.
- Notable outcomes included increasing awareness and commitment to UHC among government and other stakeholders, contributing to improved and standardized health education training, and supporting technological infrastructure for integrating health information systems.
- Lessons learned included the need for consistent government leadership on UHC, a unified vision and strategy across partners and grants, and a strong local champion to sustain focus on UHC
The Governance of Quality: Defining Experiences and Success Factors in Instit...HFG Project
he objective of the activity is to assess and document global experiences in institutional relationships that govern quality health services as well as provide practical and action-oriented guidance to countries on success factors in structuring institutional roles, responsibilities, and relationships. Countries seeking to develop new governance structures or to improve existing structures would have a resource, based on the results of documented country experiences, to successful approaches and lessons learned in structuring institutional roles, responsibilities, and relationships to enable, foster, and ensure ongoing quality.
The Part D Payment Modernization Model team presented an overview webinar on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST. This is a repeat of the webinar held on Thursday, January 31 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
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This document summarizes a meeting about community health workers (CHWs). It reviewed definitions of CHWs, current national initiatives, and opportunities from Medicaid rule changes. There are initiatives by CDC, HHS, DOL to define and support CHWs. The Medicaid rule change allows payment for preventive services by non-licensed providers like CHWs. States are pursuing CHW workforce data, standards, and sustainable roles through initiatives like in Delaware, Seattle, Texas, Oregon, and South Carolina.
This document provides an overview of three models being offered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI): Primary Care First, Direct Contracting, and Kidney Care Choices. It summarizes the presentation for a cross-model office hours session on these three models, including brief descriptions of each model's goals, payment structures, eligibility criteria, and timelines. The document also lists the presenters and includes polls for the audience.
As part of a broader partnership, CMMI, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) are jointly sponsoring a webinar titled, Unleashing the Capabilities of MAOs to Deliver Health Innovation for Older Adults in Underserved Settings on October 7 from 2:30-4:00 PM ET to highlight the emerging, numerous opportunities for MAOs to support beneficiaries in more fully meeting their care needs and goals through novel approaches and services enabled by technology.
The webinar will provide an overview of the data supporting these opportunities and will include a panel of three speakers from payer organizations, each of whom will provide an overview of their experience and results in innovating in the use of technology to address unmet enrollee health needs. Panelists include Mona Siddiqui MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Enterprise Clinical Strategy and Quality at Humana, who will discuss Humana’s approach to the use of data and predictive modeling to proactively engage and provide care for the highest risk and most vulnerable populations; John Wiecha, Medical Director, Senior Products Division at Point32Health, representing the newly combined organizations of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan will provide an overview of a recent pilot project to improve dementia care through a digital caregiver support program; and Caesar A. DeLeo, MD, MHSA Vice President & Executive Medical Director Strategic Initiatives, Highmark Health Enterprise Clinical Organization, Highmark BCBS who will discuss Highmark’s experience with telemedicine to approach substance use disorders during the pandemic and results from a five-year data driven program addressing appropriate opiate prescribing through profiling and academic detailing.
The webinar offers attendees the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the evidence and potential of several technology-enabled services in improving access, quality and outcomes of care, including, importantly, for underserved populations and will provide MAOs with insights more broadly on the challenges and solutions in design, implementation and evaluation of innovative and technology-enabled service. MAOs that are considering such innovations who may wish to target the use of technology-enabled and/or other services based on chronic illness and/or Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) status through the VBID Model are encouraged to attend.
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The document outlines ACHAP's strategic plan for 2015-2020. It begins with ACHAP's vision, mission,
and core values. It then analyzes the current situation, noting that faith-based organizations operate
30-70% of health facilities in Africa but often remain unrecognized. ACHAP was established in 2007
to advocate and build networks among Christian health associations. The strategic plan aims to
better equip ACHAP to advocate, negotiate contracts, support members, coordinate synergies, and
provide leadership over the next 5 years.
The Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model team held the first of two overview webinars on Thursday, November 8 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST. During this webinar, MOM Model team members presented a variety of information about the model.
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The document provides an evaluation of the first year of a Housing First program in Honolulu. It finds that:
- 166 high-need clients were housed quickly, in an average of 51 days from intake. Housing retention was 97%.
- Clients reported improved health, social engagement, and life satisfaction after being housed.
- The program maintained fidelity to the Housing First model despite challenges like large caseloads.
- The evaluation recommends additional employment and wrap-around services to support clients in maintaining housing long-term.
This report summarizes the activities and outcomes of the Utah State Energy Sector Partnership grant program. The program provided job training to over 1,400 individuals in green construction, alternative fuels, energy efficiency/management, and renewable energy fields. Key outcomes included over 1,200 participants entering employment, over 700 obtaining WorkKeys credentials, and over 450 receiving industry certifications. The program partnered with multiple technical colleges and universities across Utah to deliver statewide training programs and leverage additional resources to expand training opportunities.
The document provides information about the launch of the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards Program. It summarizes the three areas of funding opportunities - Knowledge Awards, Training and Development Awards, and Dissemination and Implementation Awards. Eligible applicants can apply through an online system. The review process considers criteria such as program fit, project plan and timeline, qualifications, personnel, past performance, and budget. Questions from webinar participants would be answered.
The document summarizes the key findings from a benefits realization study conducted by PwC on the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) in primary care settings in Ontario. Through case studies of six high performing clinics, the study found benefits such as 50% faster lab result turnaround times, nearly immediate access to discharge summaries, and referrals sent to specialists in under 1 day. Provider surveys showed strong agreement that EMRs improve areas like chronic disease management, preventative care, and practice efficiencies. The study modeled potential province-wide benefits if all Ontario providers achieved results similar to the case studies, estimating annual financial benefits of $125 million from improved diabetes management alone.
The Fiscal Research Division conducted a review of the NC Child Welfare Education Collaborative. It found that the program is meeting its objectives of providing social workers, but has not reduced turnover rates. The program receives funding from multiple sources and has demonstrated an ability to restructure with less funding. The review recommends reprioritizing the goals to better address workforce issues, linking the program to broader stabilization efforts, and restructuring training to accommodate county needs.
HFG Democratic Republic of Congo Final Country Report HFG Project
The USAID Health Finance and Governance project works to improve health systems in developing countries. Led by Abt Associates, the project helps countries increase domestic health funding, manage resources effectively, and make wise purchasing decisions. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the project worked with the Ministry of Health to strengthen governance and management under a decentralization reform. Key accomplishments included establishing and building capacity of new provincial health divisions, developing human resources standards and guidelines, and institutional strengthening of central directorates to support the reform.
The FMBHP is a collaboration among frontier/rural healthcare communities; Mineral Community Hospital’s Interdisciplinary Medical Education Center; iVantage, an industry leader providing comprehensive hospital evaluation tools; Mayo Clinic’s Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN); and the Appalachian Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institute Consortium (A-OPTIC). The FMBHP will partner with CMS, IHS, Veteran Administration and other private insurers to develop a seamless and sustainable model of patient-centered and community-based healthcare that produces better outcomes cost-effectively.
Myanmar Strategic Purchasing 5: Continuous Learning and Problem SolvingHFG Project
This is the fifth in a series of briefs examining practical considerations in the design and implementation of a strategic purchasing pilot project among private general practitioners (GPs) in Myanmar. This pilot aims to start developing the important functions of, and provide valuable lessons around, contracting of health providers and purchasing that will contribute to the broader health financing agenda. More specifically, it is introducing a blended payment system that mixes capitation payments and performance-based incentives to reduce households’ out-of-pocket spending and incentivize providers to deliver an essential package of primary care services.
With the hiring of a new state dental director and the development of a new state oral health plan, there is a renewed interest among oral health stakeholders in California to ensure that school districts and school-based health centers are consistently participating in oral health programming. This panel of experts will provide an overview of the current oral health best practices, funding mechanisms and strategies being explored to increase and institutionalize participation among school districts statewide.
The document discusses the current and projected supply and demand of dentists in the United States. It notes that the ratio of dentists to population is decreasing and that the dental workforce lacks diversity. While demand for dental services is high, especially among underserved populations, the current dental workforce and system does not have the capacity to meet this demand. Solutions proposed include expanding the roles of other oral health professionals, integrating oral healthcare into primary care settings, and addressing barriers to access like cost, location of services, and attitudes.
This document provides information about the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network program, including Patient-Powered Research Networks (PPRNs). PCORI will provide up to $12 million to support the establishment of approximately 18 new or existing PPRNs for 18 months. The goal is to improve the nation's capacity to conduct comparative effectiveness research efficiently by creating a large, representative national patient-centered clinical research network. PPRNs should focus on patient recruitment, data infrastructure development, and network characterization during the funding period.
The Magellan Health clinical team for the Maricopa County RBHA designed and implemented a breakthrough plan for investing $27 million in Arizona state funds for peer and family roles.
This document summarizes a case study on The Rockefeller Foundation's efforts to support universal healthcare in Bangladesh through its Transforming Health Systems initiative. Some key points:
- THS invested in Bangladesh from 2009-2015, awarding 31 grants totaling $115 million across four work streams, with nearly half focused on UHC policy and advocacy.
- Notable outcomes included increasing awareness and commitment to UHC among government and other stakeholders, contributing to improved and standardized health education training, and supporting technological infrastructure for integrating health information systems.
- Lessons learned included the need for consistent government leadership on UHC, a unified vision and strategy across partners and grants, and a strong local champion to sustain focus on UHC
The Governance of Quality: Defining Experiences and Success Factors in Instit...HFG Project
he objective of the activity is to assess and document global experiences in institutional relationships that govern quality health services as well as provide practical and action-oriented guidance to countries on success factors in structuring institutional roles, responsibilities, and relationships. Countries seeking to develop new governance structures or to improve existing structures would have a resource, based on the results of documented country experiences, to successful approaches and lessons learned in structuring institutional roles, responsibilities, and relationships to enable, foster, and ensure ongoing quality.
The Part D Payment Modernization Model team presented an overview webinar on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST. This is a repeat of the webinar held on Thursday, January 31 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
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This document summarizes a meeting about community health workers (CHWs). It reviewed definitions of CHWs, current national initiatives, and opportunities from Medicaid rule changes. There are initiatives by CDC, HHS, DOL to define and support CHWs. The Medicaid rule change allows payment for preventive services by non-licensed providers like CHWs. States are pursuing CHW workforce data, standards, and sustainable roles through initiatives like in Delaware, Seattle, Texas, Oregon, and South Carolina.
This document provides an overview of three models being offered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI): Primary Care First, Direct Contracting, and Kidney Care Choices. It summarizes the presentation for a cross-model office hours session on these three models, including brief descriptions of each model's goals, payment structures, eligibility criteria, and timelines. The document also lists the presenters and includes polls for the audience.
As part of a broader partnership, CMMI, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) are jointly sponsoring a webinar titled, Unleashing the Capabilities of MAOs to Deliver Health Innovation for Older Adults in Underserved Settings on October 7 from 2:30-4:00 PM ET to highlight the emerging, numerous opportunities for MAOs to support beneficiaries in more fully meeting their care needs and goals through novel approaches and services enabled by technology.
The webinar will provide an overview of the data supporting these opportunities and will include a panel of three speakers from payer organizations, each of whom will provide an overview of their experience and results in innovating in the use of technology to address unmet enrollee health needs. Panelists include Mona Siddiqui MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Enterprise Clinical Strategy and Quality at Humana, who will discuss Humana’s approach to the use of data and predictive modeling to proactively engage and provide care for the highest risk and most vulnerable populations; John Wiecha, Medical Director, Senior Products Division at Point32Health, representing the newly combined organizations of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan will provide an overview of a recent pilot project to improve dementia care through a digital caregiver support program; and Caesar A. DeLeo, MD, MHSA Vice President & Executive Medical Director Strategic Initiatives, Highmark Health Enterprise Clinical Organization, Highmark BCBS who will discuss Highmark’s experience with telemedicine to approach substance use disorders during the pandemic and results from a five-year data driven program addressing appropriate opiate prescribing through profiling and academic detailing.
The webinar offers attendees the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the evidence and potential of several technology-enabled services in improving access, quality and outcomes of care, including, importantly, for underserved populations and will provide MAOs with insights more broadly on the challenges and solutions in design, implementation and evaluation of innovative and technology-enabled service. MAOs that are considering such innovations who may wish to target the use of technology-enabled and/or other services based on chronic illness and/or Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) status through the VBID Model are encouraged to attend.
- - -
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The document outlines ACHAP's strategic plan for 2015-2020. It begins with ACHAP's vision, mission,
and core values. It then analyzes the current situation, noting that faith-based organizations operate
30-70% of health facilities in Africa but often remain unrecognized. ACHAP was established in 2007
to advocate and build networks among Christian health associations. The strategic plan aims to
better equip ACHAP to advocate, negotiate contracts, support members, coordinate synergies, and
provide leadership over the next 5 years.
The Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model team held the first of two overview webinars on Thursday, November 8 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST. During this webinar, MOM Model team members presented a variety of information about the model.
- - -
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The document provides an evaluation of the first year of a Housing First program in Honolulu. It finds that:
- 166 high-need clients were housed quickly, in an average of 51 days from intake. Housing retention was 97%.
- Clients reported improved health, social engagement, and life satisfaction after being housed.
- The program maintained fidelity to the Housing First model despite challenges like large caseloads.
- The evaluation recommends additional employment and wrap-around services to support clients in maintaining housing long-term.
This report summarizes the activities and outcomes of the Utah State Energy Sector Partnership grant program. The program provided job training to over 1,400 individuals in green construction, alternative fuels, energy efficiency/management, and renewable energy fields. Key outcomes included over 1,200 participants entering employment, over 700 obtaining WorkKeys credentials, and over 450 receiving industry certifications. The program partnered with multiple technical colleges and universities across Utah to deliver statewide training programs and leverage additional resources to expand training opportunities.
The document provides information about the launch of the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards Program. It summarizes the three areas of funding opportunities - Knowledge Awards, Training and Development Awards, and Dissemination and Implementation Awards. Eligible applicants can apply through an online system. The review process considers criteria such as program fit, project plan and timeline, qualifications, personnel, past performance, and budget. Questions from webinar participants would be answered.
The document summarizes the key findings from a benefits realization study conducted by PwC on the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) in primary care settings in Ontario. Through case studies of six high performing clinics, the study found benefits such as 50% faster lab result turnaround times, nearly immediate access to discharge summaries, and referrals sent to specialists in under 1 day. Provider surveys showed strong agreement that EMRs improve areas like chronic disease management, preventative care, and practice efficiencies. The study modeled potential province-wide benefits if all Ontario providers achieved results similar to the case studies, estimating annual financial benefits of $125 million from improved diabetes management alone.
The Fiscal Research Division conducted a review of the NC Child Welfare Education Collaborative. It found that the program is meeting its objectives of providing social workers, but has not reduced turnover rates. The program receives funding from multiple sources and has demonstrated an ability to restructure with less funding. The review recommends reprioritizing the goals to better address workforce issues, linking the program to broader stabilization efforts, and restructuring training to accommodate county needs.
HFG Democratic Republic of Congo Final Country Report HFG Project
The USAID Health Finance and Governance project works to improve health systems in developing countries. Led by Abt Associates, the project helps countries increase domestic health funding, manage resources effectively, and make wise purchasing decisions. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the project worked with the Ministry of Health to strengthen governance and management under a decentralization reform. Key accomplishments included establishing and building capacity of new provincial health divisions, developing human resources standards and guidelines, and institutional strengthening of central directorates to support the reform.
The FMBHP is a collaboration among frontier/rural healthcare communities; Mineral Community Hospital’s Interdisciplinary Medical Education Center; iVantage, an industry leader providing comprehensive hospital evaluation tools; Mayo Clinic’s Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN); and the Appalachian Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institute Consortium (A-OPTIC). The FMBHP will partner with CMS, IHS, Veteran Administration and other private insurers to develop a seamless and sustainable model of patient-centered and community-based healthcare that produces better outcomes cost-effectively.
The Colorado Beacon Consortium made significant progress in 2011 toward creating a high-performing, equitable healthcare system. They expanded their practice transformation initiative to include 50 primary care practices serving over 155,000 patients. Practices implemented quality improvement processes focused on measures like depression screening and achieved milestones such as completing curriculum requirements. Physicians reported positive impacts like identifying an undiagnosed depressed patient and empowering a patient who lost weight. The Consortium also focused on developing a new healthcare workforce, training quality advisors through on-the-job learning rather than formal clinical education.
Draft evaluation plan provided to client that contains a summary, evaluation needs, evaluation content, purpose, evaluation model design, and evaluation schedule
The document provides instructions for an assignment to write a directional strategies report for a healthcare organization. It discusses analyzing the alignment between an organization's mission, vision, and values (directional strategies) with its strategic goals. The report should identify any gaps and make recommendations. Previous assessments examined the organization's environment and strategic objectives. The directional strategies guide the organization to achieve its strategic goals. The report must demonstrate competencies in analyzing organizational structures and recommending improvements to better achieve strategic plans.
Highlights from three different speakers on the actual use of dashboards for decisionmaking.
MEASURE Evaluation shares the results of a landscape analysis looking for specific examples of dashboards prompting action. BroadReach shares an example of how their Vantage platform is making HIV data accessible in South Africa. JSI shares an example of low-tech but high-impact dashboard development and coaching that has transformed districts in Zimbabwe.
Clinical Assignment Quality Improvement Final Project GoalWilheminaRossi174
Clinical Assignment: Quality Improvement Final Project
Goal:
· Combine your Quality Improvement Project Part 1 through Part 3 and finalize the Quality Improvement Project.
· Compose a conclusion for your Quality Improvement Project.
Content Requirements:
1. A description of the clinical issue to be addressed in the project.
2. An assessment of clinical issue that is the focus of the quality improvement project.
3. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis for the project. Analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to the quality improvement process.
4. An outline of the action plan for the project.
5. Discuss stakeholders and decision makers who need to be involved in the quality improvement project.
6. Discuss resources including budget, personnel and time needed for the quality improvement project.
7. Discuss potential strategies for implementation and evaluation.
8. Conclusion
Submission Instructions:
· Refine your Quality Improvement Project Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 based on your instructor's feedback.
· The paper is to be clear and concise, and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
· The final project is to be 8 - 12 pages in length and formatted per current APA, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
· Incorporate a minimum of 12 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
· Journal articles and books should be referenced according to the current APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).
Running Head: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 3
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Part 3
June 20, 2021
Quality Improvement Project
Action Plan
Outline
-Defining the scope of the recruitment work plan, nursing residency enhancement, and career development projects.
-Allocation of responsibilities to stakeholders of the project departments.
-Estimate and create workable timelines and activities for each team.
-Note down the budget for the project.
The project involves an action plan to ensure quality improvement in the nursing profession. It is based on the fact that there is a significant shortage of nursing practitioners, which directly affects their quality of service. The action plan itself involves defining the nature of the recruitment work plan, which will be in connection to the newly graduated nurses with no experience and using their feedback on the job to determine if they will retain them. The work plan will involve questionnaire interviews, group sessions, and one-on-one interviews about the state of the job as the nurse continues.
The action plan will also include research on the state of nursing residency facilities at different medical institutions and later crafting proposals to the medical center and the government department involved in their nursing residency facilities with recommendations. Th ...
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