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- Title
A statewide case management, surveillance, and outcome evaluation system for children with special health care needs.
- Authors
Monsen, Karen A; Elsbernd, Scott A; Barnhart, Linda; Stock, Jacquie; Prock, Carla E; Looman, Wendy S; Nardella, Maria
- Abstract
Objectives. To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a statewide children with special health care needs (CSHCN) program evaluation, case management, and surveillance system using a standardized instrument and protocol that operationalized the United States Health and Human Services CSHCN National Performance Measures. Methods. Public health nurses in local public health agencies in Washington State jointly developed and implemented the standardized system. The instrument was the Omaha System. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis of standardized data. Results. From the sample of CSHCN visit reports (n = 127), 314 problems and 853 interventions were documented. The most common problem identified was growth and development followed by health care supervision, communication with community resources, caretaking/parenting, income, neglect, and abuse. The most common intervention category was surveillance (60%), followed by case management (24%) and teaching, guidance, and counseling (16%). On average, there were 2.7 interventions per problem and 6.7 interventions per visit. Conclusions. This study demonstrates the feasibility of an approach for statewide CSHCN program evaluation, case management, and surveillance system. Knowledge, behavior, and status ratings suggest that there are critical unmet needs in the Washington State CSHCN population for six major problems.
- Publication
ISRN nursing, 2013, Vol 2013, p793936
- ISSN
2090-5483
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1155/2013/793936