2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER
3/07/2023 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | The Places We Go After a Ripple | DECC 230/231
The Places We Go After a Ripple
The Ohio Department of Health’s Infant Hearing Program launched a three-year community-based Learning Collaborative (LC) in Northwest Ohio in November 2017 as part of the HRSA grant goals and requirements. Lucas County was selected based on data metrics using birth, screening, and lost to follow up rates, along with maternal age, demographics, race, and ethnicity as well as data from the Ohio Equity Institute. The Lucas County Learning Collaborative (LCLC) was a grassroots quality improvement initiative facilitated by the Ohio Department of Health’s Infant Hearing Program.
The goal of this Learning Collaborative was to connect with key stakeholders regarding the Newborn Hearing Screening and follow up, to coordinate better services and increase the likelihood of identifying infant and childhood hearing loss sooner, as well as to create access points for early intervention, thereby increasing professional and parent partnerships.
This presentation is a follow up to the session presented in 2019 and will examine the team efforts and lasting effects after the learning collaborative ended and current sustainability. By defining success from this project, Ohio is hoping to keep success front and center and increase impact across the state.
Background information: The Infant Hearing Program (IHP) at The Ohio Department of Health is positioned in the Bureau of Maternal, Child and Family Health. The IHP provides oversight and monitoring of all birthing hospitals and centers in Ohio to assure all newborns are screened for hearing loss after birth and provides oversight to diagnostic audiology centers to ensure babies have audiological evaluation testing to identify hearing loss and provide subsequent referrals to early intervention.
- Review the key strategies used to create community partnerships and determine the level of improvement post Learning Collaborative work.
- Identify how the Learning Collaborative has benefited the community by reviewing data indicators and further improvements to the EHDI system.
- Describe how using an integrated services approach creates innovative changes statewide.
Presentation:
3420032_15581ReenaKothari.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
3420032_15581ReenaKothari.docx
Presenters/Authors
Reena Kothari
(), Ohio Department of Health, Reena.Kothari@odh.ohio.gov;
Reena Kothari, Au.D. is currently a Public Health Audiology Consultant for The Ohio Department of Health in the Infant Hearing Program and the newborn hearing screening contact. Reena has spoken both nationally and statewide about Ohio’s EHDI program. She has developed many public awareness materials in several formats for the Ohio Department of Health’s Infant Hearing Program. Reena was the team lead for the National Initiative on Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) and is a member of several committees in Ohio. Her previous experience includes newborn hearing screening, clinical and dispensing services for adults and pediatrics. Reena has a strong background in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) and is interested in continuous quality improvement for successful outcomes for children identified with hearing loss and deafness.
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