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Due to a surge in the use of the CCSQ PRA Generic Clearance, a mechanism to expedite the Paperwork Reduction Act coverage for HCD research, our team has partnered with CMS to renew the clearance and expand its capacity for years to come.





Training & Events

  • Office Hours - 05/16/24

  • Training - Personas: Gain Empathy for Improved Ideation and Implementation - 05/23/24

  • Training - Customer Empathy Through Journey Mapping - 06/12/24

  • Office Hours - 06/20/24

  • Office Hours - 07/18/24


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Human-Centered AI: 5 HCD Principles for Developing AI

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The HCD CoE is an organization that impacts the way the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) delivers policy, products and services to its customers.  Through the provision of education, support and resources, we will promote the continued implementation and usage of HCD best practices and seek to fulfill the charge of OMB Circular A-11 Section 280 (i.e., “Managing Customer Experience and Service Delivery”).

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Howard Montgomery



“Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.”

-Paul Rand


Where Are We Going?

The HCD Center of Excellence is helping CCSQ to achieve a new future where:

  • CMS is a champion of fulfilling the charge of OMB Circular A-11 Section 280 (i.e., “Managing Customer Experience and Service Delivery”)

  • CCSQ fully idealize their UX maturity goals and design thinking permeates all aspects of the organization. 
  • Process is in place to track the quality of user experience throughout design projects and across releases.
  • Find ways to measure the ROI of UX and how it is maps to the organization's mission. (Cost Reduction, Cost Savings, Modernization.)
  • Design thinking is applied in the broadest perspective possible to drive consistent customer experience.
  • UX processes are connected and integrated with other organization processes that enable individuals to work together to create the user experience of the product(s) and service(s).

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