Development of National Newborn Screening Quality Indicators in the United States

Abstract

by Careema Yusuf,Marci K. Sontag,Joshua Miller,Yvonne Kellar-Guenther,Sarah McKasson,Scott Shone,Sikha Singh andJelili Ojodu
Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2019, 5(3), 34; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns5030034 - 13 May 2023
Cited by 16 | Viewed by 4016
Abstract
Newborn screening is a public health program facilitated by state public health departments with the goal of improving the health of affected newborns throughout the country. Experts in the newborn screening community established a panel of eight quality indicators (QIs) to track quality practices within and across the United States newborn screening system. The indicators were developed following iterative refinement, consensus building, and evaluation. The Newborn Screening Technical assistance and Evaluation Program (NewSTEPs) implemented a national data repository in 2013 that captures the quality improvement metrics from each state. The QIs span the newborn screening process from collection of a dried blood spot through medical intervention for a screened condition. These data are collected and analyzed to support data-driven outcome assessments and tracking performance to improve the quality of the newborn screening system. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Newborn Screening: Promoting Quality to Optimise Benefit and Reduce Harm)
► Show Figures
15 pages, 1477 KiB
Open AccessArticle