| Title: |
'NEEDED FUNDS AND DATA REVIEW FOR AN EFFECTIVE STATEWIDE EDHI PROGRAM' |
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1-EHDI Program Enhancement
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| Audience: |
Primary Audience:
State Health Department
Secondary Audience:
Advocacy Group
Tertiary Audeince:
Audiologist
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| Keyword(s): |
DATA, OUTCOMES , STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS |
| Learning Objectives: |
UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO USE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TO SHAPE AND ENHANCE STATEWIDE EDHI PROGRAMS. |
Abstract: |
IN THE PAST FEW DECADES STATEWIDE EDHI PROGRAMS HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES BUT THERE CONTINUES TO BE A VAST NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT. WHILE IMPRESSIVE THAT 92% OF ALL BABIES ARE SCREENED IN THE U S IN 2008,8% OR APROXIMATELY 350,000 BABIES WERE NOT SCREENED AND FAR MORE NOT EFFECTIVELY SCREENED. ALARMINGLY, 45% OF THE BABIES SCREENED ARE 'LOST TO FOLLOW UP'! CONSEQUENTLY THOUSANDS OF BABIES BORN HEARING IMPAIRED ARE NOT IDENTIFIED BY THE EDHI PROGRAMS. STATEWIDE EDHI PROGRAMS MUST BE FUNDED AND USE DATA ANALYSIS. TRANSLATING DATA INTO ACTION IS A PROVEN WAY TO IMPACT OUTCOMES.EDHI DATA PROVIDED YEARLY BY EACH STATE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES SOME STATES ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN OTHER STATES. IT IS BELIEVED THAT STATEWIDE EDHI PROGRAMS RECEIVEING YEARLY STATE OR FEDERAL EARMARKED FUNDS AND ARE USING DATA DRIVEN CHANGES TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES WILL OUTPERFORM STATES THAT DO NOT. THE PRESENTATION WILL HIGHLIGHT THE FUNDED PENNSYLVANIA EDHI FROM INCEPTION TO PRESENTAND THE USE OF FEDERAL GRANTS TO ENHANCE THE INITIATIVE. HIGHLIGHTED WILL BE HOW THE PROGRAM HAS RELIED HEAVILY ON IT'S SIX MEMBER ADVISORY BOARD AND OTHER EXPERTS. THE PRESENTATION WILL DEMONSTRATE HOW FUNDS WERE UTILIZED TO INSTITUTE DATA DRIVEN CHANGES TO INCREASE SCREENING BABIES BORN OUT OF HOSPITAL. FUTURE FUNDS WILL BE UTILIZED TO HELP SHAPE THE PROGRAM SO ALL BABIES BORN OUT OF HOSPITAL WILL BE SCREENED.THE PRESENTATION WILL ALSO DESCRIBE THE USE OF STATE FUNDS PROVIDEING GRANTS TO SEVEN INNER CITY HOSPITALS IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA TO IMPROVE 'LOST TO FOLLOW UP'OUTCOMES. THE PRESENTATION WILL FURTHER HIGHLIGHT PENNSYLVANIA'S ATTEMPT AT UTLIZING STATE FUNDS TO DEVELOPE A WEB BASED EDHI DATA RECOVERY SYSTEM. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT A STATE HAVE A STRONG DATA RECOVERY SYSTEM TO BE UTILIZED TO CHANGE AND SHAPE THE EDHI PROGRAM IN AN EVER CHANGING DYNAMIC WAY. |
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PRESENTER(S):
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LOUIS SIEMINSKI - PRIVATE PRACTICE
Credentials: BS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, MA AND PH.D. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.
Other Affiliations: ASHA,AAA,PAA,PSHA
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PRIVATE PRACTICE 1974 TO PRESENT. HELPED ESTABLISH FIRST PRE SCHOOL AND ITINERANT HEARING PROGRAM FOR HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN NORTHEAST PA. IN 1976 ESTABLISHED ONE OF THE FIRST INFANT HEARING SCREENING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE AND IN 1994 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO USE OAE TO SCREEN BABIES. HELPED ESTABLISH AND INACT A PA. SENATE BILL MANDATING INFANT HEARING SCREENING. SEVERED TWO TERMS ON SIX MEMBER EDHI ADVISORY BOARD. CONTINUES TO ACT AS AN ADVISOR TO PA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDHI AND HEAD START SCREENING INITIATIVE. |
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AUTHOR(S):
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LOUIS SIEMINSKI - PRIVATE PRACTICE
Credentials: BS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, MA AND PH.D. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.
Other Affiliations: ASHA,AAA,PAA,PSHA
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BIO: PRIVATE PRACTICE 1974 TO PRESENT. HELPED ESTABLISH FIRST PRE SCHOOL AND ITINERANT HEARING PROGRAM FOR HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN NORTHEAST PA. IN 1976 ESTABLISHED ONE OF THE FIRST INFANT HEARING SCREENING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE AND IN 1994 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO USE OAE TO SCREEN BABIES. HELPED ESTABLISH AND INACT A PA. SENATE BILL MANDATING INFANT HEARING SCREENING. SEVERED TWO TERMS ON SIX MEMBER EDHI ADVISORY BOARD. CONTINUES TO ACT AS AN ADVISOR TO PA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDHI AND HEAD START SCREENING INITIATIVE. |
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