226417 Using Telecommmuting Practice to Provide Cost-Effective Early Intervention Service Coordination in a Multi-County Region

Monday, November 8, 2010

Leslie Breslau, MSW, LCSW , Early Intervention, Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, Pennsauken, NJ
Barbara May, RN, MPH , Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, Pennsauken, NJ
Cathy Schoffstall Golightly, MSIS , Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, Pennsauken, NJ
The Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative (SNJPC), a regional maternal and child health consortium, assumed responsibility for Early Intervention Service Coordination in Camden County in 2005. Over 700 cases were initially transferred from the county health department and services were efficiently managed by SNJPC over a four year period. Building upon this accomplishment, SNJPC applied for and was awarded funding to expand EI Service Coordination to multiple, contiguous counties in the region. In order to contain costs, SNJPC Service Coordinators are given the appropriate equipment, guidelines and supervision to work from their homes. The key to the program's success is a secure web-based Service Coordination Information Management System (SCIMS), which can be accessed by Service Coordinators and their Supervisor. The presenter will describe the Telcommuting model, guidelines and data system in detail so that the attendee will be able to replicate this model in their practice area.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Communication and informatics
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Program planning
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to: 1. Describe the Web-Based Data Management System; 2. List the items necessary to supply to the Telecommuting staff; 3. Recognize the challenges and benefits of managing Telecommuting staff; 4. Understand how to implement an effective home visiting program using telecommuting strategies and guidelines

Keywords: Case Management, Children With Special Needs

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of New Jersey. I have helped to develop the system that will be discussed in the presentation/poster.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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