15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA

3/15/2016 | 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM | Topical Session 4 | Pacific Salon 2 | 9 - Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement

How Does Your EHDI Intervention System Measure Up? States' Experiences Using the JCIH EHDI System Self-Assessment

All state EHDI systems and programs strive to achieve best practices in early intervention for children who are deaf and hard of hearing as defined by the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (Supplement to the JCIH 2007 Position Statement: Principles and Guidelines for Early Intervention After Confirmation That a Child Is Deaf or Hard of Hearing). However, determining how your state measures up to JCIH’s EI recommendations or determining how to move toward higher levels of quality in achieving these recommendations can be difficult. In the spring of 2014, a team of EI specialists, state EHDI representatives, parent representatives, quality improvement advisors, and researchers drafted a tool for assessing EHDI systems based on JCIH recommendations. To date, four very different EHDI Collaborative groups have tested the tool, providing a tangible means of aligning and engaging partners in EHDI system improvement. Representatives from each of these groups will share their experience in bringing together state partners and using the JCIH EHDI self-assessment tool to rate their progress in reaching best practices. The presenters will share the process of using the JCIH EHDI self-assessment tool within their Collaborative groups to identify strengths and areas where improvement is needed. They will describe how the process helped to guide quality improvement efforts or the development of a strategic plan to strengthen services delivered to children who are D/HH and their families. In addition, qualitative input from participants about the value of assessing EHDI system progress towards JCIH goals and the prospect of creating a common self-assessment for use by other states will be discussed.

• Discuss the value of assessing EHDI system progress towards achieving JCIH goals.
• Identify how state EHDI partners can collaboratively use self-assessment as a mechanism to evaluate their own systems and guide the development of quality improvement activities to strengthen services delivered to children who are D/HH and their families.
• Describe how four different EHDI Collaborative groups tested the use of the JCIH EHDI self-assessment to identify strengths and areas where improvement is needed to inform their strategic planning.

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Nicole Brown (Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter,Author,POC), Minnesota Dept of Health, nicole.brown@state.mn.us;
Nicole Brown is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and has worked in Minnesota’s Maternal and Child Health/Public Health field for over 17 years at both the state and local level. She is Minnesota’s EHDI Coordinator responsible to provide long-range planning and direction for the development, implementation, and evaluation of a statewide EHDI system for children once they are identified with hearing loss. Nicole served as the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Improving the Effectiveness of Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Intervention. She works with NCHAM as Quality Improvement Advisor and is the parent of two children who are deaf.