NQC Consumer Advisory Committee
"The NQC needs to use the CAC as a part of the team, really utilize us as a resource that works closely with consumers. Consumers can really speak to the quality of care issues."

Participatory involvement by people living with and affected by HIV is an integral component of the National Quality Center (NQC). Through the NQC Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC), HIV infected and affected consumers assist the NQC to develop initiatives to improve the quality of HIV care across the United States and particularly services provided through the Ryan White Treatment Modernization Act.

 

The goals for this NQC Consumer Advisory Committee are to:

  • provide information about consumer experiences with quality of care provided by Ryan White-funded services
  • provide input and feedback for the development of NQC activities around building capacity for quality improvement in HIV care across the Ryan White continuum
  • inform and educate consumers and other stakeholders about current and future NQC quality improvement initiatives
  • provide insight about quality of HIV care issues to HAB representatives

The Advisory Committee consists of 13 individuals from across the country who are engaged with Ryan White programs in their regions and have at least some knowledge/experience with quality improvement. To best reflect the diverse impact of the epidemic in the United States, selection criteria for new committee members include the involvement in Ryan White Program activities, quality improvement experience and considerations for DHHS regions and Ryan White Parts as well as to gender, age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and mode of transmission. The CAC meets twice a year to provide consumer input into the development of NQC activities.

In the past the NQC Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) met at the following dates and locations:

Date Location Activity
October 6, 2011 Washington, DC CAC Meeting
April 28, 2011 New York, NY CAC Meeting
August 13-14, 2010 New York, NY CAC Meeting
August 28, 2009 Washington, DC CAC Meeting
March 6-7, 2009 San Francisco, CA CAC Meeting and Training
August 22, 2008 Washington, DC CAC Meeting
March 28, 2008 San Francisco, CA CAC Meeting
August 23, 2007 Cleveland, OH CAC Meeting
April 20, 2007 Silver Spring, MD CAC Meeting
March 29-30, 2007 New York, NY CAC Meeting and Training
December 6, 2006 New Orleans, LA CAC Meeting
August 26, 2006 Silver Spring, MD CAC Meeting
April 3, 2006 Silver Spring, MD CAC Meeting

 

Contact:
Daniel Tietz
National Quality Center (NQC)

New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute
90 Church Street, 13th floor
New York, NY 10007-2919
work 212.417.4730
fax    212.417.4684
det01@health.state.ny.us
Materials
NQC CAC Terms of Reference DRAFT (0.12MB)
PosterSess_Steinbock FINAL (5.97MB)
NYS CAC presentation (0.20MB)
CAC Member Bios (0.12MB)