Data Work Group Minutes

Data Work Group Minutes

Data Work Group–Minutes

April 24, 2014

1 – 2:30 pm

Attendance: Maggie Tate (UT); David Gomez (ATCIC); Cathy Reqiejo (AustinISD); Charles Walker (Independent); Veronica Neville (ECHO); Kim Dear (Seton); Efrain Davila (Travis Co); Vella Karman(City); Rick Rivera (Salv Army), Niki Paul (ECHO)

Welcome and IntroductionsKim Dear,Chair

  • New ECHO HMIS Director, Veronica Neville
  • Veronica provided background and overview of her employment history in homeless services in NYC

Discussion of Data Work Group and Current GoalsVeronica Neville

  • What role does the work group want to play in the CoC?
  • What does the community want us to accomplish? What are the needs?
  • Direction and purpose for HMIS users
  • Data sharing and integration
  • Making sure the elected officials get the correct number-have consistency on what is released to the press
  • Strengths of Work Group-“Weekly Data Reports”
  • ICC “Over Use” Collaborative Meeting in May 22nd-need to integrate HMIS and ICC data, possible County Jail data
  • Vella Karman has previously completed a preliminary project about integration of HMIS and ICC data for school project comparing universal data elements-could possibly be helpful
  • High Risk Patient Meeting (Kim Dear)-
  • Case Conferencing based on high risk/high usage patients
  • Substance use is a protected class-if in rehabilitation
  • Review Central Health Form with group-Kameron has electronic copy
  • Beacon in San Diego-sharing system for Health Care and Homeless Services
  • Would it be helpful to review the data on a regular basis?
  • Interested in additional demographics (age, frequency)
  • Use APR data assessment
  • Burden of data entry on program staff
  • Data that identifies the need (for funding
  • Do we want to identify what the most “expensive” data category is to strategically use the data and prioritize

HIC Data ReviewRichard Dodson

  • Reviewed data

Data Sharing Updates

  • Central Health Form Kim Dear, Chair

Next StepsAll

  • AISD Numbers
  • Looking to develop ROI for School and HMIS
  • Immediate need
  • Possible integrate HMIS into AISD
  • Cathy and Veronica to follow up

Next meeting:

May 22nd, 2014, 1pm-2:30pm

ICC Emergency Department Frequent User Committee

ICC Office 8627 North Mopac

Note: Cathy Requeowill not be in attendance for

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