2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/02/2021 | 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM | Turning EHDI Data Into Action | Topical Breakout
Turning EHDI Data Into Action
This session will explore how Iowa EHDI personnel took data findings from a comprehensive analysis of screening, diagnosis and socioeconomic data to target health service delivery at the provider level. Presenters will highlight the importance of translating the data into real change. Data findings can be overwhelming; however, the presenters will discuss a way to prioritize the findings so you can make informative, data-driven decisions. Presenters will discuss the collaborative approach they followed to engage the provider community in a quality improvement plan to address the needs of families and improve outcomes. The scope of the quality improvement project will be outlined, including successes, challenges and next steps.
- Identify critical gaps in follow-up processes based on data findings.
- Collaborate on solutions and develop a goal-driven action plan.
- Evaluate the plan's effectiveness after implementation and determine the next course of action.
Presentation:
23278_13550TammyO'Hollearn.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
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Presenters/Authors
Tammy O'Hollearn
(), Iowa Department of Public Health, tammy.ohollearn@idph.iowa.gov;
Tammy O'Hollearn has been the EHDI Director for Iowa for the last 15 years. She has worked at the Iowa Department of Public Health since 2001. Ms. O’Hollearn provides administrative oversight, budget management, oversees surveillance of the newborn hearing screening and follow-up data base, as well facilitates the day-to-day management of activities to meet program goals. Ms. O’Hollearn works with many stakeholders in the community that assists Iowa EHDI in meeting program goals and strengthen the system of care for Deaf or hard-of-hearing infants. She directs data design, collection, program analyses and evaluation of the EHDI SOC. She serves on many state and national committees and facilitates the Iowa EHDI Advisory Committee. Tammy received a Link Associates Dorothy Schwartz Award in 1993 and ISHA Outstanding Service Award in 2009 and in 2016, the Iowa EHDI program received the EHDI Website of the Year Award.
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Shalome Musignac-Jordan
(), Iowa Department of Public Health, shalome.musignac-jordan@idph.iowa.gov;
Shalome Musignac-Jordan serves as the follow-up coordinator for Iowa’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program. She has been in this role for the last five years. Ms. Musignac-Jordan is responsible for direct family and physician follow-up, training and use of the EHDI web based data system, developing partnerships with early intervention, medical home and audiological service providers; healthy equity, program evaluation and data analysis.
Prior to 2014, she was involved with care coordination for integrated health home, coordinated intake for early intervention, case management and parent education.
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