# Presentation: 000310

## American Health Information Community

**Personalized Health Care Workgroup**
**Newborn Screening Draft Recommendations**
**Kristin Brinner**
**Workgroup Coordinator**
**February 6, 2008**

## Personalized Health Care (PHC) WorkgroupMember List

_**Co-Chairs:**_
- John Glaser		Partners HealthCare
- Douglas Henley		American Academy of Family Physicians
_**Staff Co-Chair:**_
- Gregory Downing	Office of the Secretary, HHS
_**Members:**_
- Carolyn Clancy 		Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Beryl Crossley		American Clinical Laboratory Association, Quest
- Paul Cusenza		Entrepreneur and Consultant
- Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez	Virginia Commonwealth University
- Becky Fisher		Patient Advocate
- Felix Frueh		Food and Drug Administration
- Emory Fry		Department of Defense
- Alan Guttmacher	National Institutes of Health/NHGRI
- Kathy Hudson		Genetics and Public Policy Center
- Betsy Humphreys	National Institutes of Health/NLM
- Charles Kennedy	WellPoint
- Joel Kupersmith	Department of Veterans Affairs
- Stephen Matteson	Pfizer
- Deven McGraw		National Partnership for Women and Families
- Amy McGuire		Baylor College of Medicine
- Mark Rothstein		University of Louisville
- Steve Teutsch		Merck
- Janet Warrington	Affymetrix Inc.
- Andrew Wiesenthal	Permanente Federation
- Dennis Williams		Health Resources and Services Administration
- Marc Williams		Intermountain Healthcare

## PHC Workgroup Senior Advisors

_**Senior Advisors:**_
- Mary Beth Bigley	Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
- Greg Feero		National Institutes of Health/NHGRI
- Joseph Kelly		Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Muin Khoury		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Katherine Kolor		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Michele Lloyd-Puryear	Health Resources and Services Administration
- Elizabeth Mansfield	Food and Drug Administration
- Clement McDonald	National Institutes of Health/NLM
- Armando Oliva		Food and Drug Administration
- Dina Paltoo		National Institutes of Health/NHLBI
- Jonathan Perlin		HCA, Inc.
- Ronald Przygodzki	Department of Veterans Affairs
- Gurvaneet Randhawa	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Lisa Rovin		Food and Drug Administration
- Maren Scheuner	RAND Corporation
- Jean Slutsky		Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Reed Tuckson		UnitedHealth Group; SACGHS
- Mollie Ullman-Cullere	Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics
- Grant Wood		Intermountain Healthcare

## PHC Newborn Screening (NBS) Subgroup Member List

_**Co-Chairs:**_
- Peter van Dyck		Health Resources and Services Administration
- Steve Downs		Indiana University, Regenstrief Institute
_**Members:**_
- Beryl Crossley*		American Clinical Laboratory Association, Quest
- Emory Fry*		Department of Defense
- Betsy Humphreys*		National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Library of Medicine
- Janet Warrington*		Affymetrix Inc.
- Cheryl Austein-Casnoff	Health Resources and Services Administration
- Coleen Boyle		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Aaron Carroll		Indiana University, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Mark Carroll		Indian Health Service
- Terry Cullen**		Indian Health Service
- Otto Del Cid**		New York City Public Health Laboratory, Association of Public Health Laboratories
- John Eichwald		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Greg Feero		NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute
- Alan Fleischman		March of Dimes
- Irene Forsman		Health Resources and Services Administration
- Roland Gamache**		Indiana State Department of Health, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Scott Grosse		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Alan Hinman		Public Health Informatics Institute
- Rod Howell		NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Christopher Kus		New York State Department of Health, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Michele Lloyd-Puryear	Health Resources and Services Administration
- Joe Martinec		Consumer

- *Member of the Personalized Health Care Workgroup
- **Member of the Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup or designee

## PHC NBS Subgroup Member List (cont.)

_**Members:**_
- Mark McCann**		Minnesota Public Health Laboratory, Association of Public Health Laboratories
- Cindy Powell		University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, American Academy of Pediatrics
- David Ross		Public Health Informatics Institute
- Kathy Stagni		Consumer
- Linda Vaughan		Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Bob Vogt		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mike Watson		American College of Medical Genetics
_**Senior Advisors / Resources:**_
- Rick Friedman		Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Harry Hannon		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Melanie Lockhart		March of Dimes
- Marie Mann		Health Resources and Services Administration
- Craig Mason		University of Maine
- Clem McDonald		NIH/National Library of Medicine
- Michelle Meigs		Association of Public Health Laboratories
- Carolyn Mullen		March of Dimes
- Ken Pass		New York State Department of Health
- Brad Therrell		University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Karl White		Utah State University
- Patina Zarcone		Association of Public Health Laboratories
_**Staff:**_
- Gregory Downing		Office of the Secretary, HHS
- Kristin Brinner		Office of the Secretary, HHS
- Alan Zuckerman		Georgetown University, State Alliance for e-Health
- Lauren Kim		BearingPoint

- **Member of the Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup or designee

## Fostering Information Sharing for NBS

- Overarching Goals:
- Identify, develop, and encourage adoption of appropriate standards by instrument manufacturers, public health laboratories, and EHR vendors, to facilitate interoperable exchange of newborn screening test results (includes genetic, metabolic, and hearing tests)
- Ensure timely communication between state public health laboratories and newborn nurseries doing screening and immediate follow-up, and the primary care professionals and specialists who are involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of the infants identified
- Potential to have substantial public health benefit (coupled with national goal for standard test performance) and local interest

## PHC NBS Subgroup Activities to Date

- PHC staff presentation at September 5, 2007 PHCCC Workgroup Meeting
- Four subgroup meetings held October 2007 through January 2008
- Considered the following topics:
- Need for standards in areas of:
- Test information (LOINC)
- Diagnostic codes (SNOMED, Medcin, ICD, etc.)
- Raw data from lab instruments
- Tracking of qualitative (testing and subjective observations), quantitative (numeric values that represent analytic values, percentiles, and/or ratios, accompanied by expected ranges) and interpretive reports to patients, clinicians, and registries
- Confidentiality, privacy, and security concerns
- Research use of screening data
- Examination of other registries (hearing screens, immunization)
- Linking of test results with clinical decision support tools

## PHC NBS Subgroup Activities to Date (cont.)

- Prioritized issues for recommendations development
- Fielded NBS survey with state lab programs through the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center (NNSGRC)
- Presented draft recommendations at January 30 PHC Workgroup meeting for consideration
- Currently, finalizing draft recommendations and developing a NBS high-level use case

## Overview of Newborn Screening

- Public Health Sector
- Blood spot obtained and hearing screening completed
- Sample and clinical data sent to NBS laboratory
- Testing completed and reports sent to
- Primary care provider
- Family (sometimes)
- Relevant subspecialist (sometimes)
- Clinical Sector
- Confirmatory testing
- Treatment of affected children
- Long term follow-up
- Regional and National Efforts
- NBS system quality improvement
- Research on diagnostic testing and treatment

## Draft Recommendations: NBS Use Case

**Recommendation 1.0:** The information flows for Newborn Screening should be prioritized for Use Case Development. All of the multidirectional information flows, stakeholders, and other participants involved in the complete evaluation of newborn screening (i.e., hearing detection, dried blood spot screening, and diagnostic confirmation) should be considered so that appropriate standards and interoperability specifications can be developed to support information exchange.

## Draft Recommendations: NBS Use Case (cont.)

**Recommendation 1.0.1:** The Newborn Screening Subgroup of the Personalized Health Care Workgroup should complete development of a reference matrix of tests, analytes, conditions screened for, and associated genomic variants that are used in newborn screening programs.
**Recommendation 1.0.2:** Based on the reference matrix described in Recommendation 1.0.1, appropriate codes should be identified for use in electronic reports to identify the test ordered, individual test results, and categorical results of these tests (e.g., Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT), Health Level Seven (HL7), Online Mendelian in Man (OMIM), International Classification of Diseases – Ninth Edition (ICD-9), and ICD – 10 Clinical Modification (CM)).

## Draft Recommendations: NBS Use Case (cont.)

**Recommendation 1.0.3:** Long-term maintenance of the reference matrix should be coordinated by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
**Recommendation 1.0.4:** For the Use Case development process, ONC should consider the need for documentation of informed consent that authorizes transmittal of results, the need for ongoing collection of information for long-term follow-up, and integration of existing educational and clinical decision support information.

**Notes:**
Comment

## Draft Recommendations: NBS Use Case (cont.)

**Recommendation 1.1:** Requirements for electronic reporting of newborn screening results should include specifications for reporting the quantitative measurements that now underpin the qualitative results and/or interpretations. Allowance should be made for accompanying qualitative and/or interpretive reports, and other test- or method-specific information that may assist in qualitative result interpretation. Quantitative reports may include numeric values that represent analytic values, percentiles, and/or ratios and should be accompanied by expected ranges. Qualitative reports may include testing observations (e.g., fluorescence or no fluorescence) and subjective evaluations (e.g., Hb FA present). Interpretive reports may include probability information (e.g., probable Hb S,S anemia), or other reporting information (e.g., T4 out-of-range, TSH out-of-range, please refer for serum testing).

## Draft Recommendations: NBS Use Case (cont.)

**Recommendation 1.1.1:** HHS should work with the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) to support electronic reporting of quantitative, qualitative, and/or interpretive reports.

## Draft Recommendations: NBS Use Case (cont.)

**Recommendation 1.1.2:** HHS should convene a workgroup with participation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HRSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), and other agencies that provide grants or reimbursement to health care providers, in order to determine the most appropriate ways to facilitate the adoption and development of electronic systems that conform to the concepts and standards identified in the Use Case. Special attention should be given to funding opportunities provided by existing authorities associated with the Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnostic and Testing (EPSDT) requirements under Title XIX for Medicaid beneficiaries; e.g., enhanced match for the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and in a manner consistent with the emerging architectures described within the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA).

## Draft Recommendations: NBS Use Case (cont.)

**Recommendation 1.2:** An action plan, timetable, and metrics for the implementation and tracking of these recommendations should be developed by HRSA to measure uptake of electronic transmission of test results that conform to the standards identified through the Use Case development process. HRSA Newborn Screening technical support centers should conduct annual surveys to monitor the pace of implementing these recommendations, standards, and transmission of newborn tests results by electronic means (EHRs and repositories).

## Draft Recommendations: Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Issues Specific to NBS

**Recommendation 2.0:** HHS should work with state stakeholders to accurately identify, analyze, and develop solutions to address any misperceptions or misapplications of state privacy laws that may affect the timely transmission of newborn screening results.  This work should also include an analysis of whether clarifying guidance from HHS related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and other regulations under HHS’ authority would be appropriate.

**Notes:**
ONC is reviewing

## Draft Recommendations: Reporting of NBS Results to Improve Population Health

**Recommendation 3.0:** A taskforce that includes representatives from appropriate federal and state agencies, professional and public organizations, and the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children (ACHDGDNC) should be formed to develop a plan for and descriptions of a patient-based information registry of newborn screening data within twelve months. Public review of the findings of this taskforce will be essential to affirm the ethical nature of any proposed research that will be facilitated by the development of electronic test reporting and national standards for identifying the tests performed and results obtained.

## NBS Draft High-Level Use Case

- This use case is organized primarily around four scenarios:
- Screening Test Performance
- Diagnostic Confirmation and Short Term Follow-up
- Clinical/Social Management
- Population Health Management and Long Term Follow-up
- The four scenarios address the following perspectives:
- Birthing Facility
- Testing Laboratories
- Medical Home/Primary Care Provider
- Diagnostic Center
- Public Health
- This document will be used to support any formal use case development through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)
- There would be multiple opportunities for public comment

## Next Steps

- February 6: NBS Subgroup meeting to provide additional input on NBS draft recommendations
- February 6: PHC staff presentation to PHCCC Workgroup for comments
- February 14: PHC Workgroup meeting to finalize recommendations
- February 26: Once consensus is reached, PHC Workgroup Co-chairs to advance recommendations to the AHIC
- Ongoing: Subgroup to continue work on the following
- High-level use case for NBS
- Describes the information flow for both newborn dried blood spot screening and early hearing detection and intervention
- NBS matrix for standards development processes
- Reference matrix of tests, analytes, conditions screened for, and associated genomic variants that are used in newborn screening programs