Health Evaluation

Hi, we are Gizelle Gopez, Michele Sadler, Kim Ho, and Cathy Lesesne from Deloitte’s Evaluation for Research and Action Center of Excellence. As evaluation consultants, we work with federal evaluation clients to transform their data into actionable insights. Several data visualization tools have been effective in producing reports and dashboards for monitoring, data interpretation sessions, …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: Harnessing the Power of PowerBI to Support Evaluations by Gizelle Gopez, Kim Ho, Michele Sadler, Cathy Lesesne Read More »

Hello! I’m Emily Barkin, a public health program evaluator at Deloitte Consulting LLP. I design and evaluate training ranging from specific health care programs (e.g., women’s health) to workforce development (e.g., clinical informaticists, data managers) to large-scale health care operations (e.g., medical claims processing). While designing training across these various landscapes, I often question: Can …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: Applying Program Evaluation Frameworks for Training Development and Design by Emily Barkin Read More »

My name is Hope Gilbert, and I am an evaluation specialist at Deloitte Consulting LLP. Like many in our field, as we review proposals and design our methodologies in response to potential projects, our teams engage in planning sessions about the various evaluation tools we might consider and that are most appropriate for implementation. After …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: Data Collection for Robust Evaluations: Rigor Doesn’t Always Equate to the Same Mundane Data Collection Approach…Right? by Hope Gilbert Read More »

My name is Molly Linabarger and I am a part of the Evaluation and Research for Action practice at Deloitte Consulting LLP. I serve as an evaluator for government clients, helping them to assess, understand, and communicate the implementation and impact of their programs. You likely have heard about Generative Artificial Intelligence, or GenAI. Precursor …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: Simple GenAI Tips and Tricks for Evaluators by Molly Linabarger Read More »

Hello! This is Lorin Boyce and Lori Zakalik. We are evaluators with Deloitte Consulting LLP working with U.S. federal health agencies to plan, design, and implement program evaluations. There are many creative and flexible strategies we can employ as evaluators to better engage communities with lived experience. In public health evaluation, often the communities impacted …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: Challenges to Engaging the Community for Health Evaluation by Lorin Boyce and Lori Zakalik Read More »

Hello! My name is Lauren Toledo, an evaluator with Deloitte Consulting LLP. I work with U.S federal health agencies to plan, design, and implement program evaluations.  Rad Resource Today, I would like to highlight a new resource published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: The Health Equity Indicators …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: The Health Equity Indicators for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Toolkit by Lauren Toledo Read More »

Hello! I am Jenica Reed, a Chair for the Health Evaluation TIG and leader within Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Evaluation and Research for Action (ERA) practice. We are hosting this week and sharing some of our favorite lessons learned, techniques for growing skillsets, tools to aid efficiency, and engagement strategies. We value learning from colleagues and …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: Fostering a Community of Health Evaluators by Jenica Reed, Grace Bachman, Gizelle Gopez, Faiza Haq, Molly Linabarger, and Leslie Otto Read More »

Hello! We are Alex, John, and Jenica, data science and evaluation specialists with Deloitte Consulting, LLP. We review large sets of qualitative data on a regular basis, and to save time and pull insights we may miss during a manual review, we turn to automation. With recent advances and increased access to automated text analytics …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: Text Analytics: Automation Can Be a Huge Timesaver by Alex Weckenman, John Zimmerman, and Jenica Reed Read More »

Hi everyone. My name is Michael Greenberg, and I am a Manager at Deloitte Consulting, LLC.  My work focuses on public health research and evaluation and my clients include federal, state, and non-profit agencies seeking to improve the health and well-being of the communities and audiences they serve. I have been doing this work for …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: Virtual Office Work Hacks by Michael Greenberg Read More »

I’m Shilpa Londhe, a health services research scientist specialized in health equity and maternal health with Deloitte Consulting, LLC. I’m Michele Sadler, a public health researcher specializing in program evaluation and creating data informed insights for practitioners with Deloitte Consulting, LLC. We recently spent time reviewing national survey data to better understand how we might …

Health Evaluation TIG Week: The Data Utility of Publicly Available Individual-Level Data Sets Capturing Social Determinants of Health by Shilpa Londhe and Michele Sadler Read More »