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Improvement Strategies

NCIH

Fax back receipt of Did Not Pass results

Confirm follow-up appointment at the first visit

Standardize office procedures for data-sharing with the EHDI Team

Complete the EHDI Care Map with the family, planning and coordinating expected care and referrals

Streamline authorizations to eliminate delay to specialty providers such as ENT and genetics 

Offer and provide referral to Guide By Your Side or other parent support groups

 Refer to early intervention within 48 hours of diagnosis

Obtain a consent for release of information at first contact

Record data in the state EHDI reporting system (WE-TRAC)

Medical Home: Improvement in Action

Coordinating Care in a Medical Home (01:51)

An interview with Dr. Ellen Schumann (text version).

 

Improvement in Action

Increasing PCP Knowledge of Hearing Screening Results at Time of First Well Baby Visit

Statewide Data for PCP Knowledge of Hearing Screening Results