SCHIP Workshop presenters Lisa Simpson, Patricia MacTaggart, and Mark Schuster discussed basic approaches and data sources for quality and performance measurement in State SCHIP programs.  The following topics were discussed:

• Program Indicator Data Tracking.
• Quality Measurement Tools.
• Existing Child-Related Quality Measurement Efforts.

Related Questions

Give me an overall context

• What Are the Overall Issues Associated with Defining the Problem and the Intervention?

• What Are the Methods of Data Collection for SCHIP Evaluations?

• What Are the Basic Quality Performance Measurements and Mechanisms that Influence Quality?

• What Is Quality and Why Is It Important?

• How Is Quality Measured?

• What Are Some of the Issues and Challenges in Quality Assessment for Children?

Show me some lessons learned

• Compare State Evaluation Strategies Versus Relying on National Evaluations

• What Are the Key Issues in Choosing a Quality Measurement Strategy?

Tell me some known or potential problems

• Describe the Characteristics of the Quality Measures

What other methodological issues are discussed?

• SCHIP Guidance - Methodological Issues

Who presented this material?

• Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., Mark Schuster, M.D., Ph.D., and Patricia MacTaggart, M.B.A.

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