| Title: |
'Hearing Health History: Tracking hearing health from birth to five years of age to improve follow-up and outcomes for children. ' |
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6 - Follow-up, Tracking and Data Management
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| Keyword(s): |
Data, Reporting, Systems, Follow-up |
| Learning Objectives: |
- Identify how data collection can be used to provide timely and appropriate follow-up for children birth to age five.
- Describe steps to improve quality of data entered into tracking systems.
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Abstract: |
Complete and accurate health records are essential for professionals to follow-up appropriately. The Wyoming EHDI Program has focused on developing a Hearing Health History (HHH) database and tracking system that includes all of a child's hearing records from birth to five years of age. Service providers, including audiologists, physicians, and early interventionists, have access to the HHH system and update the hearing history (e.g., hearing screening results, diagnostics, notes) of their clients. To improve follow-up and outcomes, the HHH system has been built with 'action items' to ensure that individuals who are responsible for the hearing health of a particular child know the next steps they need to take for their patient. Additionally, because risk factors for late onset hearing loss (LOHL) are recorded at time of birth, the HHH system is programmed to track how many children identified with LOHL risk factors at birth developed hearing loss after passing newborn hearing screening. In our presentation we will discuss: a) the data our state is gathering and how it is being used; b) how we are encouraging service providers to use and contribute to the HHH database; and c) how we are working to improve the quality of data being entered in to the HHH system. |
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