partners with hrtw: improving transition outcomes
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Partners with HRTW:
Improving Transition Outcomes
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Brief History
• CHOICES - 1990-1999– Build strong interagency partnerships across
public and private systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs
– Improve systems for coordination of care in both Shriners Hospitals and State Title V CSHCN programs
– Integrate transition into the mission to improve interagency partnerships and care coordination
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Brief History
• CHOICES - 1990-1993: – KY, SC, OH and TN were involved in collaboration activities –
3 states with Shriners Hospitals and TN without
• CHOICES - 1994-1996: – Project responded to MCHB and SHC requests to expand
focus of interagency collaboration to include Vocational Rehabilitation
– Title V Care Coordinator at Shriners Hospital: FL, IL, KY, MN, MO, OH, OR, SC, UT, WA
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• CHOICES - 1996-1999
– Joined the HRTW projects and served as platform for a series of three national conferences on transition
• Washington, DC, Chicago, Charleston, SC
– 4 state/hospital demonstration projects • KY, UT, FL, and HI
Brief History
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• KY TEACH - 2000-2003– Partnered with this HRTW demonstration project at
state/hospital level in Kentucky to change practice within one state and hospital
• HRTW National Centers - 2002-2010– Collaborated with HRTW National Centers to integrate
what had been learned from HRTW demonstration projects into best transition practices across 21 Shriners Hospitals
Brief History
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Outcomes: Clinical Guidelines
• Clinical Guidelines developed and adopted across the system regarding recommended best transition practices
• Tools and resources shared across hospital system and on HRTW web site
• Focus on improving transition services for both individuals and populations
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Clinical Guidelines
• Focus on developmental touch points– Starting early– Providing developmentally appropriate education and
referral to resources (infancy, early childhood, entry into elementary, middle and high school)
– Tracking progress over time– Coordinating care throughout the transition years
beginning at age 14– Focus on appropriate referral and hand off to adult health
care
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Outcomes: Special Programs
• Transition camps• Week-end events/resource fairs• Proms• Sporting events• Teen support groups• Work programs• Learning independent living skills
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Outcomes
• Focus on quality improvement and outcomes– Exit survey
• What was delivered – Information– Education– Referral
– Post graduation follow-up survey• How are our youth doing following discharge?• What could we have done better?
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Next Steps
• Improving electronic documentation• Developing Free-Mind system for organizing
transition resources and making available to interested hospitals
• Expanding quality improvement and outcomes evaluation activities across all hospitals
• Continuing to encourage strong interagency partnerships and improved care coordination focused on improving transition outcomes
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Contact Information
• Betty Presler– [email protected]– 859-268-5744– Shriners Hospitals for Children
1900 Richmond Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40502