Program Development for a Sub-National Health Agency

A provincial health agency in the process of finalizing and launching a new screening program contracted the services of nD to assist with several strategic services. The new screening program has been designed to target more than 10% of the provincial population and needed to be capable of providing different services for prospective participants based upon their differing risk profiles.

nD worked with the agency to resolve several key strategic issues over a short period of time.

First, we helped the agency and its stakeholders formalize their performance evaluation and measurement framework, including developing a comprehensive list of measures which can be used to monitor program performance. Further, nD orchestrated the production of baseline analyses to support future program evaluation.

Second, nD developed a conceptual system architecture for the agency to support its system procurement and design. This conceptual architecture was designed, at the client’s request, to be extensible to screen for other conditions. The architecture was integrated with existing provincial administrative and transactional systems, thus reducing future data collection burden for the province’s health care providers.

Finally, nD produced a comprehensive information management plan, working from business-driven information requirements to a minimum suite of information products, to ensure timely program management and oversight.