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Evaluation
of the New York State AIDS Institute’s HIV Continuous Quality Improvement
Project
The HIV Continuous Quality Improvement Project (HIVQUAL) is a Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) sponsored quality improvement
program designed to build capacity and sustainability of care among
Title III and IV guarantees in order to ensure optimal care for
individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
The project
was originally developed by the New York State Department of Health,
Aids Bureau and has been implemented at well over 100 sites nationally.
It utilizes an organizational assessment, a software program for
collection of core indicators and a continuous quality improvement
(CQI) model consisting of eight, well-defined steps as its main
structural components. Furthermore, HIVQual CQI consultants work
through on-site and telephone coaching to help agencies improve
in clinical core data categories (such as PPD screening, gynecological
care, anti-retroviral therapy and viral load/CD4 counts) by using
a multidisciplinary team approach and quality improvement education.
The long-term
objective of HIVQUAL is to ultimately incorporate a permanent CQI
model into a site’s overall organizational structure and thereby
assure sustainability and quality of care.
The HDWG has
been funded by HRSA to evaluate the HIVQual program at Title III
sites. The evaluation consists of the following activities:
- CQI consultant
surveys and interviews
- Title III
site surveys
- Analysis
of improvement in HIV core data
- Site visits
to identify promising models and approaches
Consultant surveys
and interviews have been completed, and the site survey is currently
under development. Site surveys will be completed during the Spring
of 2001 and site visits will be conducted during the Summer and Fall
of 2001.
Key
staff for this project:
- Mari-Lynn
Drainoni, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
- Chinwe Johnson,
M.D., MPH, Project Coordinator
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