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Using Scorecards to Increase Compliance Among Medical Care Providers Working in AIDS Care
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| Jennifer Catrambone, Ruth M Rothstein CORE Center, jcamacho@corecenter.org
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The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center (CORE) of Chicago is a large free-standing ambulatory care center that serves over 5000 patients infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. This paper details one of our ongoing quality improvement efforts currently receiving national attention: the Provider-Specific Scorecard, in which a random 10% of patients’ charts are selected and evaluated by members of CORE’s Quality Improvement Committee on 42 quality of care and quality of record indicators. The results are then grouped by medical care provider and each provider receives a scorecard detailing their patients’ charts and comparing that data to aggregate data from the rest of CORE’s providers. The providers’ reactions to this effort as well as the dramatic improvements resulting from it over the past six years will be discussed.
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Evaluating the Value of Capacity Building in Enhancing Aid Effectiveness; Key Findings and Lessons From the Largest President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Grants Management Program in Africa
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| Rita Sonko-Najjemba, Pact Inc, rsonko@pactworld.org
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| Lynn McCoy, Pact Inc, lmccoy@pactworld.org
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Lack of evidence from the field has supported continuing debate within the aid community about the link between capacity building and aid effectiveness. This external evaluation of Pact South Africa’s grant management program, the largest PEPFAR funded program, presents important lessons combining aid effectiveness and sustainability through a comprehensive capacity building program for civil society organisations.
It provides abundant evidence on the effectiveness of the program in strengthening organizational capacity of grantee organisations and enhancing their ability to utilise the donor funding to achieve rapid growth in the scale, reach and quality of HIV and AIDS services across South Africa. The results are indicative of the essential role of capacity building as a key component in enhancing aid effectiveness in maximizing beneficiary outcomes
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