Program
Objectives
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Performance
Indicators
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5.
1 Medical Home. Each infant with a confirmed hearing loss
will have an identified primary care provider before 3 months of age.
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a.
Number and percent of infant records that include name of the infant's
primary care provider.
b.
Documentation that the results of the infant's audiologic evaluation
were sent to their primary care provider.
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5.2
Collaboration with early intervention.
Each medical home will collaborate with the early
intervention system and the family to develop a plan to connect
families to advocacy groups, parent support networks, and
parent-to-parent support.
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a.
Documentation in each family plan or IFSP of collaboration between
the early intervention systems and the medical home.
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5.3
Unbiased information. Each state will develop resources that can
be shared with the medical homes and families to provide unbiased
information.
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a.
Documentation that the Resource
Guide describing unbiased information regarding early intervention
strategies is provided to physicians and other primary care
providers.
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5.4 Education.
In partnership with parents of children with hearing loss, states
will develop a plan to provide education about the state EHDI
program to medical homes.
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a.
Documentation of plan to provide information on the EHDI program to
the Medical Home of each infant and child.
b.
Number and percent of each type of medical home (physician, midwife,
etc.) that receives written information or attends a session about
the EHDI Program, or both.
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5.5 Parental input. Each state will have a mechanism for
obtaining parent feedback and including parents in the process of
development and evaluation processes for the medical home.
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a.
Number of parents participating in the development and evaluation of
the medical home.
b.
Results of survey or other mechanism to obtain parent feedback
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5.6 Continuous care. Each
state will have a mechanism for identifying and tracking the infant's
primary care provider at key intervals, regardless of insurance
status.
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a.
Number and percent of infant records with update documentation of
who the primary care provider is at birth, initial diagnosis,
enrollment in early intervention and at each IFSP contact.
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