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3/09/2015 | 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM | Implementing Electronic Reporting of Point-of-Care Newborn Screening Results: The Whos, Whats, Whens, and Hows | Coe | 6

Implementing Electronic Reporting of Point-of-Care Newborn Screening Results: The Whos, Whats, Whens, and Hows

The recent addition of CCHD to the Recommended Universal Screening Panel in 2011 caused many newborn screening programs to reexamine how point-of-care testing results (for both EHDI and CCHD) are delivered from the birth facility to the program. Minnesota was one such program that took the addition of CCHD as an opportunity to also improve upon the EHDI program by implementing an electronic reporting system that would allow for real-time result reporting in order to improve upon follow-up efficiency and data integrity. We will present Minnesota’s point-of-care electronic reporting implementation planning. Key steps included: working with state offices of health information technology, meeting with electronic health record and health information exchange advisory groups, as well as finding nursing champions throughout the state. Utilizing these steps has allowed the Newborn Screening Program to get buy-in for implementation from IT staff and ensure preparedness by birth facilities and attendants. We will discuss: • Hospital survey outcomes and development of educational materials and training • General messaging terminology to prepare states to discuss needs • Project management tactics • Implementation steps, including stakeholder meetings, process planning, and implementation by facility and health care system. The addition and implementation of new reporting modalities often follow very different paths in different states. Because each state faces different challenges, and may enjoy different opportunities, sharing state experiences in implementation of electronic data systems is critical to improving the EHDI program nationwide.

1) Define basic data messaging terminology as it relates to EHDI results reporting
2) Describe processes utilized to pave the way for implementation of an electronic reporting system for point-of-care newborn screening
3) Design an implementation plan for their own program

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Kirsten Coverstone (Author,POC), MN Dept. of Health, Kirsten.Coverstone@state.mn.us ;
Kirsten Coverstone is an audiologist with many years of service dedicated to early hearing detection and intervention. She grew up in southern Minnesota, earned her masters degree from the Univ. of Northern Iowa and her doctorate from Salus University. Kirsten has actively worked at the local state and national levels to promote universal newborn screening for hearing. As coordinator of the Lions Infant Hearing Program at the University of Minnesota she worked directly with hospitals to establish effective hearing screening programs and audiologists to confirm hearing loss. In addition, Kirsten implemented a statewide hearing instrument loaner program for infants and young children in Minnesota. She is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and their families as the MDH EHDI Screening Program Coordinator.