resources for families

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Improvement Strategies

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 suspected diagnosis

Obtain a consent for release of information at first contact

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

Resources: Tools for Improvement

Strengthen Care Coordination

Wisconsin EHDI Care Map

Enhancing Collaboration Between Primary and Subspecialty Care Providers for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Sample "Did Not Pass" Physician Fax Back Form

Hearing Screening: Coding Fact Sheet (National Center of Medical Home Initiatives)

Hearing Screening: Denial Management and Negotiation (National Center of Medical Home Initiatives)

Engage Families as Partners

Family and Physician Management Plan for children and adolescents with hearing impairment (The Physician's Guide to Caring for Children with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions)

Connect to Community Resources

Wisconsin Educational Services Program: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Outreach

Guide By Your Side brochure

Wisconsin Regional Centers for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Wisconsin First Step

Wisconsin Community Resources List

Assure Change is an Improvement

Training Opportunities

This Pedialink Module focuses on the early identification of hearing loss, and promotes the integration of developmental screening and public health screening into the medical home.

"Although most pediatricians believe that they have primary responsibility for follow-up planning for children who do not pass their hearing screens, they frequently do not have the access they need to screening-test results or to the results of any subsequent diagnostic evaluations."