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. 2020 Apr 30;6(2):35. doi: 10.3390/ijns6020035

Table 2.

Readiness Activities Completed Post-Implementation * of Statewide Newborn Screening that Occurred for at least Two New Disorders; Collected from the New Disorders Readiness Tool, as of August 2019.

Readiness Phase Activity Pompe
(n = 11)
MPS I
(n = 13)
ALD
(n = 8)
SMA
(n = 5)
Approval for Funding Fee Increase Implemented 1 (9%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 1 (20%)
Laboratory Readiness Add Testing to Outside Laboratory Contract 2 (18%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Train Laboratory Staff to Begin Testing 1 (9%) 1 (8%) 1 (13%) 1 (20%)
IT Readiness Validate Changes to the Follow-up Reporting System 0 (0%) 2 (15%) 0 (0%) 1 (20%)
Validate Changes to Electronic Results Protocol 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 1 (20%)
Other IT Activities (e.g., getting DNA sequencing into IT; changing LIMS) 1 (9%) 1 (8%) 1 (13%) 0 (0%)
Education Identify/Modify Family Education Materials to be State Specific 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 2 (25%) 1 (20%)
Initiate a Strategy for Family Education Materials & Create Own Family Education Materials 1 (9%) 2 (15%) 1 (13%) 1 (20%)
Identify/Create Measures to Track Impact of Family Education Materials 5 (46%) 6 (46%) 2 (25%) 2 (40%)
Family Education Materials are Distributed 1 (9%) 2 (15%) 0 (0%) 1 (20%)
Identify/Modify Provider Education Materials to be State Specific 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 1 (13%) 0 (0%)
Identify/Create Measures to Track Impact of Provider Education Materials 6 (55%) 6 (46%) 2 (25%) 2 (40%)
Identify/Modify General Public Education Materials to be State Specific 1 (9%) 2 (15%) 0 (0%) 1 (20%)
Initiate a Strategy for General Public Education Materials & Create Own General Public Education Materials 1 (9%) 2 (15%) 0 (0%) 1 (20%)
Identify/Create Measures to Track Impact of General Public Education Materials 6 (55%) 7 (54%) 2 (25%) 1 (20%)
General Public Education Materials are Distributed 1 (9%) 2 (15%) 0 (0%) 1 (20%)

* Activity may have started prior to implementation but did not end until after statewide implementation.