QUALITY IMPROVEMENT/STRATEGIC PLANNING and ASSESSMENT

Establish and review the service standards.

Review Planning Council meeting feedback and subsequent actions (if necessary) in conjunction with Membership Finance committee.

Review and recommend a process to the Executive Committee for the annual assessment of the administrative mechanism.

Review annual data requests that inform the Priority Setting and Resource Allocation process.

Develop, facilitate and oversee EMA’s annual Priority Setting and Resource Allocation process.

Develop the EMAs Integrated Comprehensive Plan that includes blueprints for

• a) Council operations.

• b) HIV/AIDS service delivery in the jurisdiction.

Conduct annual needs assessments/studies to determine health care needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in the EMA.

Update and review Planning Council Policies & Procedures manual annually.

Update and review Planning Council By-Laws annually.

Review Service Category Definitions for inclusion in service standards.

Update and review Directives for the Recipient’s Office.

Review EMA 's HIV Care Continuum including sub-populations and newly diagnosed forward/linkage.

Review Quality Assurance site visit 5-year trending document.