2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/09/2020 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | HRSA’s Vision for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Programs | Exhibit Hall Section B
HRSA’s Vision for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Programs
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration was an early proponent of universal newborn hearing screening beginning with their funding of the Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Program in the 1980’s. Since that time MCHB has provided continuous funding and support to reduce loss to follow-up, connect newborn hearing screening programs to the medial home, use quality improvement methods, and engage families. Future directions and initiatives to continually improve Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) systems will be discussed with suggestions for how various stakeholders can collaborate.
- Be able to describe the history of EHDI systems over the past 30 years
- Understand why early identification of congenital hearing loss is important for affected children and their families.
- Be able to identify three major challenges and potential solutions to improving EHDI programs over the next 5 years.
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Presenters/Authors
Dr. Michael Warren
(), MCHB, michael.warren@ehdi.org;
Dr. Michael Warren became Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, on October 15, 2018. MCHB’s mission is to improve the health of America’s mothers, children, and families. Its Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program provides health care and public health services for an estimated 56 million people, including pregnant women, infants, children, including children with special health care needs, and their families in the United States.
Dr. Warren manages MCHB's $1.33 billion budget, providing vision and direction to ensure programs are planned and carried out effectively to achieve results. Dr. Warren’s impressive career in public health clearly demonstrates his passion and commitment to improving maternal and child health outcomes.
Before assuming his current role, Dr. Warren served as the Deputy Commissioner for Population Health at the Tennessee Department of Health. In this role, he made improvements in maternal and child health across the state in the areas of safe sleep policies, breast feeding rates, decreased early elective deliveries, newborn screening transit times, electronic systems for WIC and vital records registration, and establishing the first-ever real-time public health surveillance system for neonatal abstinence syndrome
As a board-certified pediatrician, Dr. Warren previously served as the Tennessee Department of Health Assistant Commissioner for Family Health and Wellness and as the Director of Maternal and Child Health. Prior to joining the Department of Health, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt and as Medical Director in the Governor's Office of Children’s Care Coordination.
Dr. Warren graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Psychology from Wake Forest University and earned his medical degree from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his pediatrics residency, Chief Residency, and fellowship in Academic General Pediatrics at Vanderbilt, where he also obtained a Master’s in Public Health. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Warren has served as President for the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), the national professional organization for maternal and child health professionals. He was also appointed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (SACIM).
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