The same breadth and depth with effective follow up, linkage and data sharing from a comprehensive screening interview used in medical clinics, is needed to support home visitation. Home visitation is effectively another self-sustaining screening site in the community health network. |
WIC clinics are medical clinics under the umbrella of Public Health. They are another self-sustaining screening site in the community health network and benefit as well from use of a comprehensive screening interview. |
County and state screening programs like the Follow Along Program (FAP) in Minnesota can be fully automated to send links via email or text with reminders when necessary, to the parents of children enrolled in the program. Based on the child’s date of birth and an established screening schedule, screening is automatically performed with the results electronically routed to a Public Health Nurse or similar staff for follow up.
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Access to evaluation and referral for services supports both community screening sites, as well as medical clinics when required. Care coordination, sharing screening interview results, flag and referrals through a community health network, is a safety net service that is crucial to a systemic solution.
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Similar to Early Intervention Services, early detection and navigation to services sharing screening interview results, flag and referrals through a community health network is a crucial part of a systemic solution.
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Surveillance can be managed through connection to a screening program or by taking a feed of information from independent screening sites. Typically connection to healthcare organizations is done using Health Information Exchange channels but these are difficult to setup and maintain. Using Pediatric Tools Community Health Network to make data connections, surveillance can not only monitor screening rates but track flag rates and flag disposition rates, crucial information to monitor gaps and effectiveness of screening and services across the entire population.
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