In addition to program priorities, the following key issues have implications for Title X services projects, and should be considered in developing the project plan:
Fiscal Year 2012 Key Issues
- Efficiency and effectiveness in program management and operations;
- Cost of contraceptives, including long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), other pharmaceuticals, and laboratory tests;
- Management and decision-making through performance measures and accountability for outcomes;
- Linkages and partnerships with HIV care and treatment providers, and mental health, drug and alcohol treatment providers;
- HIV prevention integration in family planning settings, incorporating CDC’s “Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings;”
- Incorporation of electronic technologies, such as electronic health records and practice management systems;
- Data collection (such as the Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR)) for use in monitoring performance and improving family planning services;
- Service delivery improvement through translation into practice of research outcomes that focus on family planning and related population issues;
- Utilizing practice guidelines and recommendations, developed by recognized national professional organizations and Federal agencies, in the provision of evidence-based Title X clinical services; and,
- Encouraging vaccination of patients and providers as the best protection against influenza.
Fiscal Year 2011 Key Issues
- Efficiency and effectiveness in program management and operations;
- Cost of contraceptives, including long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), other pharmaceuticals, and laboratory tests;
- Management and decision-making through performance measures and accountability for outcomes;
- Linkages and partnerships with HIV care and treatment providers, and mental health, drug and alcohol treatment providers;
- HIV prevention integration in family planning settings, incorporating CDC’s “Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings;”
- The use of electronic technologies, such as electronic health record and practice management systems;
- Data collection (such as the Family Planning Annual Report [FPAR]) for use in monitoring performance and improving family planning services;
- Service delivery improvement through translation into practice of research outcomes that focus on family planning and related population issues;
- Utilizing practice guidelines and recommendations, developed by recognized national professional organizations and Federal agencies, in the provision of evidence-based Title X clinical services; and,
- Encouraging vaccination of individuals as the best protection against influenza.