17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
3/20/2018 | 1:45 PM - 2:10 PM | The Real Paperwork Reduction Act – Transitioning to Electronic Health Exchange | Capitol 7
The Real Paperwork Reduction Act – Transitioning to Electronic Health Exchange
Timely and accurate reporting of newborn hearing screening results to the State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program is a critical step to achieve the overarching aim of preventing delays in communication and language acquisition for children with hearing loss. Currently, this process is challenging since duplicate data are being entered into multiple data systems, which contributes to delays and data errors. To address these issues, the Oregon EHDI Program has been working on interoperability projects to align with National efforts for developing and implementing the electronic transfer of hearing screening data from EHRs to the state’s EHDI information system.
In 2012, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and EHDI begun a pilot project that demonstrated the feasibility of directly transmitting newborn hearing screening data from EHRs to the State EHDI program. Five years later, OHSU has fully transitioned to electronic reporting and efforts are being made to onboard other hospitals in the state of Oregon. To demonstrate the success of this effort, we will outline the processes required to transition a hospital and EHDI program to electronic reporting using Health Level Seven (HL7) messages as well as provide data and lessons learned regarding 1) reduction of data entry, 2) timely reporting, 3) quality of reporting, and 4) improved communication between the hospital and EHDI program.
- Participants will be able to describe the benefits of transitioning to HIE and the use of data standards
- Participants will be able to demonstrate the ways that HIE has improve work processes, communication and data
- Participants will be able to assess and determine if HIE is a good fit for their program
Presentation:
15805_8032HeatherDurham.pdf
15805_8032MeuySwafford.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Meuy Swafford
(), Oregon EHDI, meuy.f.swafford@state.or.us;
Meuy Swafford works in the Maternal and Child Health Section of the Center for Prevention and Health Promotion at the Oregon Health Authority as the EHDI Data Quality Coordinator. She has worked with the EHDI Program for 8 years in that capacity, and has been with the Oregon Health Authority for 14 years. Prior to working with EHDI, she worked with the WIC Program and Nurse Home Visiting Program assisting in system development and support. Meuy completed her Bachelor of Arts at Ashford University with a concentration in Business Information Systems,and completed the Informatics Training In Place Program (I-TIPP) Fellowship program through Project SHINE.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Heather Durham
(), OHSU/CDRC, durhamh@ohsu.edu;
Heather Durham is a Pediatric Audiologist, Director of Pediatric Audiology, and Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinator for the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR. She has worked closely with the Oregon EHDI program for a number of years and shares the goals and vision of increased and improved reporting, tracking and analysis of data for the state of Oregon. In her free time, she enjoys a good murder mystery and a microbrew.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.