2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/04/2019 | 2:15 PM - 2:40 PM | Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) Warehouse Project for Hospitals to View Hearing Screening Records | Narita A/B
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) Warehouse Project for Hospitals to View Hearing Screening Records
To increase transparency and allow hospitals to have access to their own Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) data, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Infant Hearing Program (IHP) worked with Information Technology Services (ITS) to develop an online data warehouse. This data warehouse allows designated hospital staff to log-in and see real time UNHS results per child and aggregate data specific to their facility, with canned reports they can generate. The goal of project was to answer common questions about results and data that hospitals have regarding screenings, reasons for not screening and babies without a reason for not screening.
During this project IHP worked closely with ITS, having bi-weekly meetings to discuss steps in development, as well as short daily briefings on project progress to address questions and concerns. Initial discussions determined that for hospitals’ data to be as accurate as possible, the data needed to come directly from the ODH Hi*Track case management program. Hi*Track houses the combined information on children submitted from vital statistics at birth, results from online submission forms, and paper documents sent to ODH staff. The IHP helped facilitate necessary discussions between Hi*Track and ITS to help expand their knowledge of the Hi*Track data system. UNHS team helped develop ITS members’ understanding of screenings, diagnostic testing, and steps that go into the UNHS program. Correspondingly, ITS worked with IHP to enhance understanding of data systems with how data are extracted, processed and stored within the Hi*Track program and how they will transfer into the new data warehouse.
In addition to moving towards a sustainable model with hospital screening data, the IHP included diagnostic and early intervention data in the online data warehouse. These data will be available online to provide coordinated care of children in Ohio who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing.
- Describe the benefits and reasoning for implementing a similar project in your jurisdiction
- Describe the project management process by providing suggestions for basic steps to development and ABC’s of navigating IT
- Describe methods to identify potential roadblocks to the development of a similar project in your jurisdiction
Presentation:
18878_10368MalloryMinter.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
18878_10368MalloryMinter.docx
Presenters/Authors
Mallory Minter-Mohr
(), Bureau of Maternal, Child and Family Health, Mallory.Minter-Mohr@odh.ohio.gov;
Mallory Minter-Mohr is a Researcher for the Ohio Department of Health with the Bureau of Maternal, Child and Family Health. She provides data support to the Infant Hearing Program, as well as Children’s Hearing & Vision, Adolescent Youth Surveys, and Birth Defects.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Allyson Van Horn
(), The Ohio Department of Health, Allyson.VanHorn@odh.ohio.gov;
Allyson Van Horn, MPH, MEd is the State of Ohio Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Coordinator and manages the Infant Hearing Program, Children’s Hearing Program, Children’s Vision Program and the Save Our Sight Program. Allyson has over 10 years’ experience with statewide programs that focus on early detection, diagnosis and treatment of children with hearing and vision problems. She has given many presentations on the importance of evidenced-based screening practices in the primary care, childcare and school settings. Allyson also participates on various statewide initiatives to improve hearing and vision screening, diagnostic and treatment rates.
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