Webinar: Newborn Screening Quality Improvement: State Initiatives to Improve Newborn Screening Processes (Recorded Jan. 28, 2015)

Newborn screening has improved or saved the lives of more than 12,000 newborns each year. In 2013, a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found evidence of serious delays in newborn screening programs across the country. Since that time, newborn screening programs in public health departments across the country have undertaken quality improvement initiatives to improve timely submission and testing of newborn blood samples. This webinar, hosted by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) highlighted quality improvement initiatives in Arizona, Wisconsin, and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Newborn Screening Technical Assistance and Evaluation Program (NewSTEPs) and discussed successes, challenges, and lessons learned to strengthen newborn screening systems across the United States.