Turning HMIS Data Into Insight: Spotlight on Data Quality Reports

Good insights from HMIS data can only comefrom good quality data. We at ICA are so grateful for users’ responsiveness todata corrections during the past few months of federal projects, and we wantusers to feel equipped with tools to stay on top of data quality year-round.

We’re sharing the Agency Guide to Data Quality Reports, a resource for finding and running the data quality reports that will help youexplore, improve, and celebrate your program’s data quality on your own.

Here’s a list of important data qualityelements, and the report that will give you the right info about your data.

• Housing Move-In Date: HousingMove-In Date Monitoring Report

• Income and Disabilities:Sub-assessment Errors Report

• Chronic Homelessness status: HUDData Quality Framework (076-0640)

• Coordinated Entry assessments: CEAssessor Agency Check reports (CES Provider Specific Reports)

The guide will show youhow to how to find the report in HMIS and offer some helpful links for understandingthe report and getting the data right. If you have questions about reportprompts, about interpreting what you see in the reports, or about correctingany data that you notice needs attention, contact the Helpdesk!