Ryan White 2012 Grantee Meeting

Client-level data (CLD) are critical for many Ryan White Program activities, from Federal reporting and quality management to contract monitoring, budgeting, and evaluation. To effectively perform these tasks, grantees and their providers must ensure that their CLD are complete, accurate, and reliable. In July 2010, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Office of AIDS implemented the ARIES Data Improvement Plan (DIP). The AIDS Regional Information and Evaluation System (ARIES) is a Web-based case management system used by 192 health departments, clinics, and non-profit agencies in California. The DIP can benefit providers from Parts A through D. CDPH will describe how the DIP was created at a Statewide level, identify the intervention types, and illustrate tangible benefits. San Bernardino County Public Health Department will provide a local perspective on how they incorporated the DIP into their Part A program. Both presentations will identify the successes and challenges experienced in making data count.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the characteristics that make a given data element a good candidate for data improvement efforts by reviewing reporting requirements, analyzing current data frequencies, and examining the parameters of their data collection systems.
• Learn how to engage providers in data quality and how to frame data quality improvement activities in a manner that supports busy providers by selecting agencies appropriately, explaining the importance of their data entry efforts, providing tools to assist them, and creating data feed-back loops.
• Discover additional activities or strategies that could be implemented or incorporated into your own data improvement efforts whether your agency uses ARIES or some other system.