2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/10/2020 | 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM | Telling Stories with Statistics - A Look at EHDI Key Performance Indicators and How to Develop Meaningful Hospital Reports | Chouteau B
Telling Stories with Statistics - A Look at EHDI Key Performance Indicators and How to Develop Meaningful Hospital Reports
Monitoring a hospital program requires analyzing Key Performance Indicators. It also means conveying that information to the hospital screeners who actually do the work. This is not just another job, it could possibly change the entire course of a child’s life. Making that connection for the screeners, the managers, and the administration means studying the data and designing methods of Quality Improvement.
Looking for significant statistics begins with the goals set by Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) and the national EHDI program (1-3-6). These are communicated to the hospitals as the standard of care and drive PDSAs in their facilities. However, how we look at those numbers can tell different stories. In 2014, Idaho initiated a PDSA to schedule infants that refer on their Newborn Hearing Screening for diagnostic testing prior to discharge from their birthing center. By the end of 2018, Idaho had spread the PDSA to 20 of the 31 birthing facilities in the state. When analyzing the data, Idaho EHDI found the Loss to Follow-up Rate (LTF) in the hospitals that scheduled appointments decreased from 30% to 20%, while the hospitals that did NOT schedule follow-up appointments’ LTF rate reduced to 15%. How could that be? This PDSA drove Idaho EHDI to take a deeper dive into the data to find a story that could effect change in these facilities. Upon further examination, Idaho EHDI discovered many of the hospitals included in the ‘scheduling’ group had scheduled less than 10% of their births. Should they really be in the ‘scheduling’ group?
Looking at data in different ways will influence the changes made in your EHDI program, and the lives of children born in your state. This presentation will help you turn the data into a story that will captivate the hospitals you report to.
- Attendees will learn to analyze data from PDSAs to enhance program evaluation and improvement.
- Attendees will learn how to develop meaningful hospital reports.
- Attendees will learn two PDSAs that can be replicated in their state.
Presentation:
21060_12711BrianShakespeare.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Brian Shakespeare
(), Idaho Sound Beginnings, Brian.Shakespeare@dhw.idaho.gov;
Brian Shakespeare has worked for Idaho Sound Beginnings since 2011; starting as the Data Manager and being promoted as Program Coordinator in 2014. He received his Baccalaureate of Science in Psychology from Boise State University in 2009. Following graduation he worked with children with developmental disabilities for two years, eventually becoming a Certified Behavioral Interventionist. Brian’s major accomplishments with Idaho Sound Beginnings include receiving the Outstanding Organization of the Year Award from the Idaho Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, overseeing data linkages between HiTrack, Idaho’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Information System, and the databases of both Idaho Vital Records and ITPKIDS, Idaho’s Part C database, as well as implementing process improvements in screening programs and audiology clinics across the state. Brian enjoys playing soccer, rock climbing, and taking his two Boston Terriers to the park to play Frisbee golf.
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Jessica Clark
(), St. Luke's Idaho Elks Hearing and Balance, Clarkjes@slhs.org;
Jessica Clark, AuD, currently works as an audiologist at St. Luke’s ID Elks Hearing and Balance Center. She has worked with Idaho Sound Beginnings as an audiology consultant since 2011. She received her Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders in 2008 from Minot State University. She then received her Doctor of Audiology degree in 2012 from Idaho State University. Dr. Clark works with adults and pediatrics, and shares a unique perspective with her patients as someone with hearing loss since childhood. She enjoys working with all ages as they all bring a different success and challenge. Dr. Clark enjoys reading, camping, and being entertained by her 3 year old daughter.
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