2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
4/14/2014 | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | How to Date the NANI - Partnering with Hospitals to Populate Your Public Health Information System | St. Johns | 1
How to Date the NANI - Partnering with Hospitals to Populate Your Public Health Information System
Public health programs need accurate and timely demographic information to improve healthcare outcomes for newborns. In 2011, the Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (TEHDI) Program with the support of the Centers for Disease Control, implemented an interoperability solution to address the longstanding issue of incomplete and inaccurate newborn demographic information. The solution utilizes standards-based, information protocols to communicate real-time newborn and maternal demographic information from the birthing facility's Electronic Health Record (EHR) to Public Health. The Newborn Admission Notification Information (NANI) tool is the “agent” that allows the EHR data to populate the EHDI management information system (MIS) or any public health MIS, such as the TEHDI MIS.
NANI was designed to improve the quality and quantity of newborn and maternal demographic information obtained from birthing facilities and to provide an accurate denominator of hospital births at a facility. The implementation of NANI requires collaboration among hospital management, screening personnel, hospital IT and the state department of public health. The rewards of such a collaboration include greater visibility for the newborn hearing screening program in the hospital, improved efficiencies with screening and care coordination and ability to demonstrate meaningful use of the hospital EHR in order to qualify for an incentive payment.
In this presentation, the TEHDI Program will review steps taken to achieve success in the implementation of this interoperability solution. The topics include outreach activities for engaging and partnering with hospital program and IT personnel, resource allocation, meaningful use incentives for participation, and implementation. Challenges and successes with the NANI tool adoption will be addressed. At the end of the session, attendees will have a framework for planning a newborn admission notification project for their own state and an understanding of the implementation process for a hospital.
- Define the resources needed for a NANI implementation.
- Describe outreach activities for engaging and partnering with hospital program and IT personnel.
- Describe the meaningful use incentive available to hospital that implement NANI.
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Presenters/Authors
Doug Dittfurth
(Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter,Author), Department of State Health Services, TEHDI, Doug.Dittfurth@dshs.texas.gov;
TEHDI Coordinator
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Mary Catherine Hess
(Co-Presenter,Author), OZ Systems, mhess@oz-systems.com;
Mary Catherine Hess has worked with EHDI programs since 2002. Most recently she worked for OZ Systems as an Account Manager for the Texas EHDI Program and the USVI EHDI Program. Prior to that, she was the Program Administrator for Rhode Island’s EHDI Program from 2001-2008 and co-chair of the CDC EHDI Data Committee from 2007-2008. She has presented at local, regional and national EHDI events on topics related to newborn hearing screening, data management and data reporting, and most recently standards-based messaging for EHDI programs.
She achieved her MA in Linguistics from Gallaudet University and holds a BS in Communication Disorders. She is a certified ASL/English interpreter. Her interests include communication access issues in health care settings, assistive technology and long-term outcomes for deaf and hard of hearing children identified through the EHDI process. She is a yogi, pug lover and fan of NPR and folk music.
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