Link pediatric primary care and early intervention records to track EI-eligible children and improve timeliness, intensity, and outcomes

Design · All designs
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The article proposes integrating clinical and EI program data systems as a quality-improvement framework. By linking pediatric primary care electronic health records with EI program records, systems can follow children through EI care planning and service provision and measure care quality metrics such as timeliness, service intensity, and functional outcomes together. The authors state that clinical and EI record linkages could help integrate data to track EI-eligible children and that this data system integration could serve as a framework for other institutions.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Overlapping catchment areas between health systems and EI programs so children can be linked across records

Constraints

• Demonstrated in one health system and one EI program serving low-income families, which the authors state limits generalizability of the results

Target Learners

• Infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities enrolled or referred to early intervention

Learning Goals

• Timely receipt of EI care plans
• Adequate EI service intensity
• Improved functional outcomes in social-emotional, cognitive, and adaptive/self-care skills

Claims

• Safety Net Ei Delayed Care Plans 43 Percent Within Deadline [+M]
• Ei Intensity Associated With Functional Gains [+M]

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Key Sources

• McManus BM, Richardson Z, Schenkman M, Murphy N, Morrato EH. (2019). Timing and Intensity of Early Intervention Service Use and Outcomes Among a Safety-Net Population of Children. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.7529

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Field	Value
type	design
id	link-clinical-and-ei-records-framework
title	Link pediatric primary care and early intervention records to track EI-eligible children and improve timeliness, intensity, and outcomes
description	The article proposes integrating clinical and EI program data systems as a quality-improvement framework.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-17
trust	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources	1 — mcmanus-bm-2019

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