Materials from these webconferences, hosted by the National Quality Center for Part A and B Ryan White Program grantees on July 12, 2007, and for Part C and D on August 9, 2007, will help HIV programs foster the link between performance measurement and quality improvement activities, and demonstrate how to take action beyond data collection.

The webconferences also include a grantee's experience with using data for quality improvement.

Learning objectives include:

• Identify data sources to be used for quality improvement and analyze data points and data trends to identify key findings.
• Prioritize data results to implement action steps to improve HIV care and services.
• Know how to access benchmarking reports of other grantees and best practices on how to share data and findings.

Materials from the calls, available here in the downloadable ZIP file, include:

• Using Data for QI for Part A and Part B Grantees 
• Part B Grantees Example: Missouri DHSS, Bureau of HIV, STD, and Hepatitis 
• Using Data for QI for Part C and Part D Grantees 
• Part C&D Grantees Example: St. Mary Medical Center CARE Clinic, California

The following tools and resources may be useful as you begin your work on performance measurement:

• Measuring Clinical Performance: A Guide for HIV Health Care Providers
• HIVQUAL Workbook: Guide for Quality Improvement in HIV Care

Download the file for complete instructions.

**Please note that the downloadable tool file is in ZIP format, and contains four PowerPoint files. Windows XP will automatically open the ZIP file; for other operating systems a tool like WinZip (or other free alternatives) should be used.