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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Managing the fiscal and contractual aspects of your grant project(s) using a web-based system toolkit


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 10:54 a.m. - 11:06 a.m.

Hilda Anderson, BS, Pacific Center for Special Care, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA
Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA, Pacific Center for Special Care, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Web-based systems are being used for many different purposes, from professional task management to document collaboration. Historically, the field of public health has been slow to adopt new technology due to costs or lack of IT support. The design of user-friendly low-cost web-based platforms have the ability to greatly improve many administrative tasks completed daily within public health settings, especially in the area of project and contract management. By moving various routine processes to a digital platform, web-based systems allow for increased transparency and collaboration and consequentially increased productivity.

The Pacific Center for Special Care at University of the Pacific has received over $23 million in grants and developed simple systems toolkits for managing grant activities including innovative, low-cost web options that focus on streamlining fiscal and contractual processes. This presentation will describe the web-based tools, the impact they have had on existing systems and the process used to implement them in a public health setting. It will also present the outcomes visible through implementation of these tools, and offer a tested web-based toolkit to streamline your grant operations.

Learning Areas:

Administration, management, leadership

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the value and importance of efficient grant administration and financial management. Describe the use of low or no cost web-based systems for grant administration Discuss the process for effectively engaging partners and stakeholders in using systems and toolkits to improve the manageability of grant projects.

Keyword(s): Management, Information Technology

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I manage both the contractual and fiscal aspects of the Pacific Center for Special Care. I have streamlined business and contractual processes to increase productivity while managing a multiple grant(s) awarded to the Center simultaneously. As a professional in the field of business computing information systems, I am constantly thinking of ways to identify systems for our team to test, implement and adopt that are user-friendly web-based systems.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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