| Title: |
'Follow-up in the Medical Home: Findings from New York Primary Care Providers Survey' |
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4-Medical Home
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Primary Audience:
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| Keyword(s): |
follow-up, screening, pediatricians, New York, medical home |
| Learning Objectives: |
1. Describe what pediatricians and other primary care providers (PCPs) do to reduce loss to follow-up from newborn hearing screening.
2. Identify barriers and strategies for engaging PCPs in universal newborn hearing screening process.
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Abstract: |
The primary care pediatrician may be one of the keys to reducing loss to follow-up for children who do not pass newborn hearing screening in the hospital. With a prevalence rate for permanent hearing loss at around three in 1000 newborns, hearing loss is more common than some developmental issues or disabilities, but less common than others, and may not receive adequate attention by pediatricians and other providers caring for infants and young children. Furthermore, while the concept of newborn screening, diagnosis, and follow-up is simple, successfully connecting the different kinds of providers – including pediatricians and other primary care physicians, hospital-based staff, audiologists, early interventionists, and sometimes others -- with one another and with families of newborns can be much more complex. Desired levels of follow-up for newborn hearing screening, established by the JCIH as 70 percent, might be achieved or exceeded by understanding what supports pediatricians will need in order to include newborn hearing screening and follow-up within the medical home. This presentation presents the findings from a survey of New York pediatricians and family doctors, and identifies some of the gaps and barriers to ensuring that infants and young children are universally and appropriately screened, diagnosed, and treated for hearing loss. Analysis of survey data identified how various types of primary care practices coordinated and conducted screening, follow-up, and care with other providers and with families of newborns and young children in their practice. Survey data suggested that loss to follow-up and loss to documentation can be reduced by more effectively coordinating newborn hearing screening programs with primary care providers. |
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