Impact of Automated Information Sharing on Health Care Delivery to Youths in Foster Care

Sarah J Beal; Linda Dynan; Abbie Patzke; Katie Nause; Kristine Flinchum; Jennie Cole; Nora Vish; Mary V Greiner

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.06.001

Impact of Automated Information Sharing on Health Care Delivery to Youths in Foster Care

J Pediatr. 2022 Oct:249:111-113.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.06.001. Epub 2022 Jun 10.

Authors

Sarah J Beal¹, Linda Dynan², Abbie Patzke³, Katie Nause⁴, Kristine Flinchum⁵, Jennie Cole⁶, Nora Vish⁷, Mary V Greiner⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH. Electronic address: sarah.beal@cchmc.org.
² The Anderson Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Economics, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY.
³ Wright State University School of Professional Psychology, Dayton, OH.
⁴ Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
⁵ Hamilton County Job and Family Services, Cincinnati, OH.
⁶ Montgomery County Job and Family Services, Dayton, OH.
⁷ Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OH; Department of Pediatrics, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

PMID: 35697142
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.06.001

Abstract

Children in foster care have higher health care costs and poor care coordination, often due to inconsistent information exchanged between health care and child welfare systems. This study implemented secure automated information sharing and detected improvements in time spent gathering information, health care services delivered, and billing practices at participating health care systems.

Keywords: automated information exchange; child welfare; foster care; health care delivery.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child Welfare*
Foster Home Care*
Health Care Costs
Humans
Information Dissemination