HAB Information E-mailVolume 11, Issue 25 December 4, 2008 HRSA/HAB NEWS
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New Ryan White Data Report (RDR): Prepare Now for January Attention all grantees responsible for submitting a 2008 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Data Report (Ryan White Data Report), please mark your calendars! Beginning December 8, 2008, you may make updates to your provider lists in preparation for the 2008 Ryan White Data Report (RDR) submission. It is important to update your list of providers early, preferably before the RDR Web system opens for data entry on January 5, 2009. This will ensure that your providers can enter their data. Instructions for reviewing and updating your providers are included in the annual mailing, which should arrive in your mailbox the first week of December. The mailing will also include: 1) 2008 RDR form and instruction; 2) important information about the 2008 RDR submission; 3) a current provider list; 4) important information about HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs), your online portal to the RDR Web system; and 5) other relevant information for you and your providers. If you have any questions about the 2008 RDR mailing or submission, please contact Ryan White Data Support by phone at 888/640-9356 or by email. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Services Report (RSR): Is Your System Ready? HAB’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Services Reporting (RSR) System requires that client level data (CLD) be collected starting January 1, 2009. The complete reporting timeline, as well as other valuable information, is available. . HRSA/HAB has been in contact with the following application vendors that have agreed to enhance their systems to support the RSR CLD reporting requirements.
Please address this issue with your vendors before December 25, 2008. Also, contact the technical assistance contractor listed above for help with this matter before December 25, 2008. Web Casts on the RSR: Are You Ready for Client Level Data? Register now for three Web casts to learn the basics about the RSR and what programs need to do in order to implement the RSR as of January 1, 2009. The RSR - Are You Ready for CLD I? December 8, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, ET This Web cast will provide a recent history of data reporting within HAB, with a focus on how and why the RSR was developed. It will cover the advantages of client level data for you, your providers, and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The RSR - Are You Ready for CLD II? December 15, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, ET This Web cast will focus on the data elements in the RSR. As many data elements were carried over from former reporting systems, only new data elements will be reviewed. Definitions of these data elements will be clarified to assist in the collection of data. The data elements that specific service providers must report will also be covered. The RSR - Are You Ready for CLD III? January 12, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, ET This Web cast will cover the operations of collecting and reporting client level data. The timeline of data collection and reporting will be reviewed, so viewers understand when to collect a specific data element, when you create the unique client identifier (UCI), and when you submit the RSRs. It will provide helpful hints on new data sources that may reside in your data systems and explain how you can use these to make data collection easier. The relationship between the new RSR with the RDR and the long-term plans for data collection will be covered. Register for the Web casts and access other resources on the RSR at: Draft HAB Performance Measures for ADAP, Case Management, Oral Health, Systems: Comments Requested by December 15 Time is running out to submit comments regarding the latest set of draft HAB performance measures, which were released in October. HRSA/HAB will carefully review and consider all comments submitted. These draft measures address the following service categories or program areas:
To view the draft measures go to: SPNS Funding for Electronic Client Information Data Systems: Deadline February 26 This funding initiative will support organizations funded under Parts C and D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment and Modernization Act of 2006 and will promote the development of standard electronic client information data systems to improve the ability of grantees to report client level data to the Department of Health and Human Services. Applicant organizations must include plans for the development of a client level data system to collect and report client level data elements at the service provider level on a recurring basis starting in FY 2009. This support is limited to organizations in need of an adequate information technology (IT) infrastructure and will be limited to the acquisition and implementation of hardware and software components. Approximately $4 million is expected to be available for one year to fund 50 to 100 grants. Funding amounts can range from $50,000 to $100,000. Applications are due February 26, 2009. For more information contact Sandi Duggan or 301/443-7874. The Request for Proposal is available at: Fresh "Faces" on the Target Center: Missouri, New York Two new “Faces of Ryan White" on the TARGET Center this month are programs that focus on the use of peer support in the care and treatment of people living with HIV. The Kansas City Free Health Clinic (not a government web site) in Missouri operates a "People to People" program that trains peer educators so that they can, in turn, provide emotional support and linkage to services for newly diagnosed patients who are beginning treatment. Harlem Hospital's (not a government web site) "Peers In Action" initiative helps create peer support networks to help clients understand and accept their doctors' medical advice, overcome mistrust in the medical system, and offer providers insights into a client's situation. Both programs are funded by HRSA/HAB utilizing Minority AIDS Initiative funding. Details about the programs are available to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees via the PEER Center (Peer Education and Evaluation Resource Center), a national resource for organizations interested in implementing peer programs. Visit the PEER Center (not a government web site) . Learn more about peer-related technical assistance and other sources of TA. 2008 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grantee Meeting: One Stop for all Meeting Resources The workshop slides, multimedia pieces, Clinical Update Web casts, and profiles of the award recipients are now all available in the TARGET Center TA Library. Visit this new webpage and catch what you missed from the 2008 Grantee Meeting. 2008 NQC Quality of Care Award Winners Recently, the National Quality Center (NQC) presented its Quality of Care Awards to recognize Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees, organizations, and individuals across all Parts that have demonstrated outstanding progress in improving the quality of HIV care. NQC aims to acknowledge excellence among Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded grantees and promote these quality champions to further spread quality improvement. This year, these Ryan White grantees were recognized in the following categories:
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