15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA
| - | 6 - Follow-up, Tracking and Data Management
It all starts here
It all starts here!
The birth hospital is the first step to educate and guide families on newborn hearing. The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program recommends that all newborns be screened by 1 month of age, diagnosed by 3 months of age and those with hearing loss are enrolled in early intervention programs by 6 months of age. There are many opportunities for hospitals to evaluate their hearing programs and identify areas in need of improvement. As members of New Jersey's EHDI Quality improvement Stakeholders Committee we have shared many small changes that hospitals can incorporate into their programs. The single most effective means of reducing the lost to follow up rate is the assignment of a dedicated follow up coordinator. Other effective strategies include prenatal class handouts, scripting the message, screener competencies and education, making audiology appointments before discharge, using the Next Steps form, conveying results to parents through their primary language, obtaining the name of the primary care provider and conveying results to the medical home, using fax-back forms to the provider, obtaining alternate contact information from the parent, and providing educational materials for the parent.
This presentation will describe the small changes that can be incorporated into your hospitals practices and explore 3 hospitals successes. The question then can be asked 'What changes can we make that will lead to improvement in our programs?'
- Discuss strategies for improving hospital follow up rates.
- Identify potential factors to loss to follow up.
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Barbara Moyer
(Primary Presenter,Author,POC), AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Barbara.Moyer@atlanticare.org;
Barbara Moyer, a native of South Jersey, has worked in two local hospitals for 30+ years, mainly in the mother-baby units. She is currently an Administrative Associate at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. During this past year, she has been an active team member of the New Jersey NICHQ/IHSIS committee. A self-proclaimed data geek, Barb has worked with the Electronic Birth Certificate database from 1995-2011 collecting and compiling data. Then newborn hearing became a part of that database. In 2001 Barb's second grandson was born with hearing loss and malformation of his right ear which deepened her involvement in the hearing program and follow-up of the newborns. Barb has been actively involved in improving the hospitals procedures, educating parents and improving hearing follow-up. She works with the local audiology center to coordinate services.
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Marianne Holzach
(Co-Presenter,Author), Jersey City Medical Center, marianne.holzach@sher.com;
Marianne Holzach is a coordinator and technician of the New Born Hearing Screening program at Jersey City Medical Center. She gathers, records and updates information needed for the state of New Jersey to ensure that children are being screened for hearing deficiencies at the beginning of life. She attended Queens College then began working at St. Vincent's Hospital in the World Trade Center. Years later, she worked as a manager of a cardiology office in Hicksville, Long Island. She then decided to become a mother in addition to working alongside her husband Paul as his administrative assistant in a family owned business. After working in the field for about five years Marianne continues her research and education about new born hearing screenings and does her best at reinforcing state regulations and policies so new parents today are educated about hearing tests and the reasons they are done.
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Roseangela DiTaranto
(Co-Presenter,Author), Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Roseangela.DiTaranto@EHMCHEALTH.org;
Roseangela DiTaranto attended University of Medicine & Dentistry where she completed her Women's Health NP and Master's program in nursing, Certified in Maternal Newborn Nursing. Currently, she is working as the Care Manager on the Mother/Baby unit at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. Actively involved on the inpatient side with data collection to ensure patient safety and effective care, maternal newborn protocols, and Outcome standards. Rose has taken on the role of birth defect registry coordinator at the Medical Center, and has worked enthusiastically to partner with the subcommittee on Early Detection Hearing Intervention. Her leadership has been well recognized by the March of Dimes, New Jersey Chapter as
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