NDHIN's Director Shila Blend, PhD, RN-BC RN, had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion at the North Dakota Digital Governance Summit. 

This event was about state and local government.

The purpose of the event was to foster discussion and dialogue among local and state government on the use of information technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers.

The North Dakota Newborn Screening and Follow-up Program (NDNSFP)

They recently received a four-year HRSA funding opportunity to further improve health outcomes for newborns and children with heritable conditions identified through newborn screening (NBS) by enhancing education and outreach, improved screening efforts, condition-specific counseling, and access to specialized health care services. The NDNSFP is excited to continue to partner with NDIT to improve data interoperability within state health systems and vital record systems in conjunction with the NBS laboratory.

NDIT was an integral partner in previous NBS funding and led efforts to develop a care coordination module within the NDHIN to enable the NBS team to document, monitor and evaluate children's health outcomes. This allows for real time information to be available for the child's healthcare team. In addition, a newborn screening dashboard and reports were created to view and analyze the data through data visualizations.

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