Analyzing Patterns in NewSTEPs Site Review Recommendations: Practical Applications for Newborn Screening Programs.

ABSTRACT: The Newborn Screening Technical assistance and Evaluation Program (NewSTEPs) conducts non-regulatory site reviews of state newborn screening programs in the US with the goal of providing comprehensive reports and recommendations to support quality improvements within the system. A detailed coding and qualitative analysis of data extracted from reports of seven programs visited between 2012 and 2017, of thirteen pre-site visit surveys completed by state newborn screening programs, and of information from interviews conducted with three site review experts revealed four common themes that exist across states within the national newborn screening system. These themes include opportunities to implement improvements in: (1) communications inside and outside of the state newborn screening progra

SUBMITTER: Kellar-Guenther Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7510203 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature