2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/06/2023 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Evaluating Usability of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Information System (EHDI_IS) Audiology Reporting module | DECC 205
Evaluating Usability of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Information System (EHDI_IS) Audiology Reporting module
The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Information System (EHDI-IS) supports EHDI programs to ensure that all deaf and hard of hearing infants and young children are identified early and receive intervention services. EHDI-IS is a dynamic data-based tool that gathers individual level information about infants and young children who (1) do not pass hearing screening and (2) receive audiology diagnostic follow-up services. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently funds 39 jurisdictional EHDI programs to enhance their EHDI-IS and to improve documentation of audiology diagnostic testing for infants who do not pass the newborn hearing screening. To support continuous program improvement, jurisdictions conducted evaluation of the usability of the EHDI-IS of Audiology Reporting Module (EHDI-IS-ARM). The goal of the evaluation was to understand how data reporters interact with the EHDI-IS-ARM and make improvements based on the results. In this presentation, CDC will share evaluation methods used by jurisdictional EHDI programs, summarize findings on the usability of the EHDI-IS-ARM, and provide recommendations that may help improve audiologists’ reporting in EHDI-IS-ARM
**Analysis of the cross-jurisdiction evaluation findings is currently in process and will be completed before the EHDI Conference.
- To summarize findings from jurisdictional EHDI programs evaluation findings on the Usability of their EHDI-IS
- To identify successful methods used when evaluating the usability of EHDI-IS
- To identify factors that contribute to perceived higher and lower user satisfaction of EHDI-IS
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Presenters/Authors
Maria C. Sánchez
(), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, msanchez8@cdc.gov;
María Sánchez is a program evaluator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities in the Division of Human Development and Disability. She was an Asthma Project Evaluator for the Puerto Rico Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Services and prior to that a Research Assistant and Evaluator for the University of Puerto Rico, Center for Evaluation and Sociomedical Research. She obtained her Master of Science in Health Systems Research and Evaluation from the University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health and an Optometry degree from the Universidad Católica de la Salle in Bogotá, Colombia.
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Kelly Dundon
(), Gentech associates, kdundon@gentechassociates.com;
Kelly Dundon is a contractor with the CDC EHDI program. Prior to the CDC, Kelly was the state EHDI Coordinator for Georgia and was with the Georgia Department of Public Health for over 6 years. While at the Georgia Department of Public Health, Kelly oversaw initiatives that reduced Georgia’s loss to follow up rate in half and improved timeliness of diagnosis of infants not passing their newborn hearing screen. She also planned, executed, and oversaw a long term follow up study on children identified through EHDI. Kelly holds her Doctorate in Audiology and Masters in Public Health. Additionally, she is a board member of Georgia’s Hands & Voices Chapter and works as a pediatric audiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
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