ERIC Number: EJ966478
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
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Fostering Quality Improvement in EHDI Programs
Bradham, Tamala S.; Hoffman, Jeff; Houston, K. Todd; Guignard, Gayla Hutsell
Volta Review, v111 n2 p255-266 Sum 2011
State coordinators of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs completed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, or SWOT, analysis that consisted of 12 evaluative areas of EHDI programs. For the quality improvement area, a total of 218 items were listed by 47 EHDI coordinators, and themes were identified in each category. A threats, opportunities, weaknesses, and strengths, or TOWS, analysis matrix yielded 12 recommendations that focused on similar themes. Out of these 12 recommendations, 3 strategies emerged: 1) upgrade data management systems that will generate automated reports based on the state benchmarks coordinators wish to measure; 2) quality monitoring should be integrated into the state system at all levels and not as a separate job; and 3) all quality measures should be publically posted to hold the EHDI system accountable. Addressed appropriately, these recommendations can strengthen quality improvement in state EHDI programs. (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Coordinators, Program Improvement, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Total Quality Management
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. 3417 Volta Place NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-337-5220; Fax: 202-337-8314; e-mail: periodicals@agbell.org; Web site: http://www.agbell.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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