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| ABSTRACT INFORMATION |
| Presenter Information: |
| Presenter 1: |
Name: Janet Farrell
Affiliation: Department of Public Health, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
Janet Farrell, Director, Massachusetts Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program and former President of the Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs for State Health and Welfare Agencies.
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| Presenter 2: |
Name: Richard Wentworth
Affiliation:
Richard Wentworth, Parent Outreach and Follow-up Specialist for the UNHS program, is the proud father of an 18 month old boy named Henry who has bilateral hearing loss and loves to read and play the drums.
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| Presenter 3: |
Name: Sarah Stone
Affiliation:
Sarah Stone has been the Project Coordinator for the Massachusetts
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program for eight years and is also
an individual with a hearing loss.
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| Presenter 4: |
Name: Marcy Chant
Affiliation:
Marcy Chant, Au.D. is the program coordinator for the newborn hearing
screening program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.
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| Presenter 5: |
Name: Margaret Toro
Affiliation:
Margaret Toro, Director of Newborn Hearing Screening at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. Massachusetts Newborn Hearing Screening Program Advisory Committee.
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| Author Information: |
| Author 1: |
Name: Janet Farrell
Affiliation: Department of Public Health, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
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| Author 2: |
Name: Margaret Toro
Affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital
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| Author 3: |
Name: Marcy Chant
Affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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| Author 4: |
Name: Sarah Stone
Affiliation: -Department of Public Health
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| Author 5: |
Name: Rashmi Dayalu
Affiliation: Department of Public Health
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| Abstract Information: |
| Title: |
Infants Transferred from a Birth Hospital to Another Facility in Massachusetts |
| Primary Track: |
1-EHDI Program Enhancement
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| Keyword(s): |
hearing, screening, NICU, homebirths |
Abstract: |
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program was provided grant funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to participate in a learning collaborative with the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality to explore real time ‘small tests of change’ in an effort to lower the number of children lost to follow-up/lost to documentation in each state. Analyzing the data in Massachusetts led our program to focus on two groups of children that had higher levels of lost to follow-up/lost to documentation (children who are transferred from a birth hospital to another facility and children that are born at home). We partnered with two Boston based teaching hospitals, the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics and other stakeholders. During this process we have challenged some of our assumptions around breakdowns within the system of reporting results. We will discuss changes that we have implemented at the hospitals as well as within the Massachusetts Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program, using what we learned from expert interviews (parent and professional) and surveys. We will discuss our improved processes for outreach and communication with facilities. We will also discuss the collection of data and the measures that we are using to document improvement. This poster will outline both the process that we followed, our predictions, our small tests of change, and barriers and breakthroughs. We have completed several “Plan, Do, Study, Act” (PDSA) cycles, and will discuss the findings from each of these, and how we are incorporating that knowledge into the everyday operations of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program in Massachusetts. |
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