City of Paterson

Improving HIV Health Outcomes through the Coordination of Supportive Employment and Housing Services - Demonstration Sites

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Accomplishments

Individual Level
  • Clients successfully housed and employed
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  • Increased client engagement and retention in housing and employment program
  • Empowering clients with their health information through the e2MyHealth Patient Portal
Improvement to Care Chart

2018-2019 eCOMPAS data

System Level
  • Streamlined, coordinated system facilitates improved data collection and reporting.
  • Quality management process improvements, including identification of service reporting gaps, facilitates more accurate assessments and improved service plans.
  • Staff time savings, freeing up valuable time to spend on providing HIV care Service.
Technology Level
  • A low health-literacy e2MyHealth Patient Portal was expanded to SPNS ETAP clients and RW/HOPWA clients in the TGA.
  • A real-time MyCareContinuum Dashboard was launched in eCOMPAS for SPNS and expanded to all RW/HOPWA providers in the TGA to assist monitoring activities.
  • eCOMPAS National Resource guide was expanded to include employment training and services resources now accessible to the entire TGA network (RW and HOPWA).
  • e2MyHealth Patient Portal was expanded to include the Client Satisfaction Survey for SPNS ETAP clients and RW/HOPWA clients in the TGA.
  • eCOMPAS was expanded to include the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
  • eCOMPAS was expanded to include Housing and Employment Alerts for SPNS ETAP clients and RW/HOPWA clients in the TGA.
Lessons Learned

Teamwork, can do approach.

The RWHAP developed a list from eCOMPAS of potentially eligible clients who were out of care or not virally suppressed. This list was distributed to subrecipient's for engagements of potential clients. This process generated few referrals.

Partnership: Being flexible and creative, transforming barriers into win-win arrangements.

SPNS and City of Paterson's Ryan White and HOPWA program was introduced to non-RWHAP organizations. Through technical assistance new methodologies were developed for accessing and infiltrating local jail and probation sites for potential referrals.

The Power and Challenge of coordination, monitoring and tracking.

A coordinated approach using technology, resources and expanded networking created an opportunity to better define the SPNS intervention and coordinate program workflow.



Replication & Sustainability

Success Story with Columbia University-NYP

The SPNS initiative has helped the City of Paterson sustain and improve upon the replication of e2MyHealth, the low-literacy patient portal. e2MyHealth was originally designed by Columbia University-NYP and RDE from the SPNS Electronic Networks of Care initiative. This kind of cross-project replication and sustainability is both valuable and timely given the importance to help clients remain more connected virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Success Story with a Non-SPNS Partner, the Atlanta EMA

The Atlanta EMA, administered out of Fulton County has replicated the City of Paterson's enhancements made to the Client Satisfaction Survey model as they plan to conduct their region-wide Client Satisfaction and Consumer Needs Assessment. This replication came from the connections bridged between the Country of Fulton and the City of Paterson, facilitated by RDE.

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MyCareContinuum

A real-time MyCareContinuum Dashboard was launched in eCOMPAS for SPNS and expanded to all RW/HOPWA providers in the TGA to assist monitoring activities.

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e2MyHealth

A low health-literacy e2MyHealth Patient Portal was expanded to SPNS ETAP clients and RW/HOPWA clients in the TGA.


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CSS Survey

The Client Satisfaction Survey was incorporated into e2MyHealth to streamline data collection.



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