Brigitte Dufour - POC
Arizona Dept of Health Services
Credentials: B.S.
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Brigitte Dufour is the case management coordinator for the Office of Newborn Screening since June 2009. She oversees follow-up activities for abnormal results coming from bloodspot and hearing screening. Her goal is to enable parents and providers to work together so infants will receive appropriate intervention in a timely manner.
Ms. Dufour works for the Arizona Department of Health Services since 2004. She has over eight years of program management experience including rulemaking, training and education, investigation, inspection protocols, enforcement actions, and database management. Ms Dufour is a member of Az. Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) team.
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Gidget Carle - Co-Presenter,Author
Arizona Department of Health Services
Credentials: BSN
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Ms. Carle joined the Newborn Hearing Screening follow up team in September 2012. She has more than 19 years in medical clinical settings. Ms. Carle is the team leader for the hearing screening program and oversee activities performed by hearing Follow up Specialists for well babies. She monitors progress made based on the EHDI 1-3-6 goals. Ms. Carle is responsible for establishing protocols, policies and procedures for effective follow-up. |
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Sondi Aponte - Author
Az Dept of Health Services
Credentials: Office of Newborn Screening Quality Improvement, Education and Outreach Manager
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With 15 years’ experience in technology, program development, and training, Sondi Aponte is the Quality Improvement, Education and Outreach Manager with the Office of Newborn Screening (ONBS) program at the Arizona Department of Health Services. In that capacity, she develops quality assurance measures, monitors program outcomes, oversees hearing grants, and is the project lead on the CDC Data Integration grant. Program quality improvement responsibilities include data evaluation and analysis, report creation and overall data integrity. Partnership development and enhancement are crucial components of her job, representing the ONBS with The Az. Academy of Pediatrics, The Arizona Perinatal Trust and The EAR Foundation of Arizona (EFAz) among others.Sondi develops and implements training materials and educates clinical providers and families on newborn screening best practice. |
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Fran Altmaier - Primary Presenter,Author
Arizona Department Health Services
Credentials: BSW
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Fran is the Case Management Coordinator at the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Newborn Screening. She provides administrative oversight to the follow up teams for both hearing and bloodspot. Prior to becoming the Coordinator in November 2014, Fran spent the prior 2 1/2 years as the High Risk Coordinator/Project Specialist. She provided follow up to all newborns who spent >5 days in a NICU and did not pass their newborn hearing screen as well as completing CQI projects related to reducing LTFU. Fran has a Bachelor of Social Work degree. Before joining the Newborn Screening Program nearly 3 years ago, Fran spent 18 years as a social worker in the early intervention field. |
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Davida Carr - Author
Arizona Department of Health Services
Credentials: MPH
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Ms. Carr is the epidemiologist for the Office of Newborn Screening. Ms. Carr has ten years of experience working with public health organizations including five years with the Indian Health Service Epidemiology Center. She possesses an extensive knowledge in epidemiological investigations with state and local public health agencies. Ms. Carr is familiar with health data analysis, public health development of policy, strategy and program evaluations.
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