Lisa Hirschhorn
About Lisa Hirschhorn
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Academic
- Monitoring & Evaluation Professional
- Physician
Organization
- Global Health Delivery Project
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
- Partners In Health - PIH
Work Location(s)
- United States
Language(s)
- English
Recent Contributions
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Lisa Hirschhorn replied to "Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening - April 2-6 2012" .
Posting for Bethany Hedt-a reference on a more strategic approach to measuring data quality using LQAS done with the Malawi national HIV program which takes less resources than full monitoring, and so could leave more time for improvement - http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/4/07-044685/en/index.html
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Lisa Hirschhorn replied to "Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening - April 2-6 2012" .
Thanks all for ongoing discussion. To respond to Tony Roche re: M&E in assessing safety and quality in LMIC surgical programs and in particular relevant to "a collaborative capacity-building group". Measuring capacity building is an area in which I think new and relevant indicators are still needed. We are working ...
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Lisa Hirschhorn replied to "Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening - April 2-6 2012" .
Some questions based on the last few days for which it would be great to hear from discussants include: 1. What are examples of successful design and implementation of simpler but effective M and E? 2. Are there tools which have been useful and which you can share in negotiating ...
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Lisa Hirschhorn replied to "Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening - April 2-6 2012" .
Some key themes and some questions Looking over the last 2 days, some themes come through, but equally important, a number of questions 1. The importance of strategic decisions when to do impact evaluations, when RCTs are needed (and importantly when they are not feasible) 2. Collected data can be ...
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Lisa Hirschhorn replied to "Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening - April 2-6 2012" .
So as follow-up, my request to participants is to share any examples where this simpler model has been effectively implemented? Are there tools which have been useful and which you can share in negotiating the "less is more" approach with stakeholders, in ensuring data quality or in use?
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.