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Vision Screening Pilot Project
From:
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
Contact:
Jennifer Talbot, President
Margaret McCoy, Development Coordinator
Purpose:
Refine, add and improve current vision screening practices for Medicaid children and Pre-K children in Wake County.
How:
- Work with an advisory committee to establish best overall evaluation practices.
- Revise current Kindergarten Health Assessment form.
- Assess current vision screening practices in Wake County.
- Establish new benchmarks for vision screening in pediatric offices.
- Provide in-office training on new benchmarks.
Outcome:
- Increased referral rates of children with vision problems.
- Timely treatment for vision problems reducing unnecessary vision loss.
- Decrease in number of incomplete Kindergarten Health Assessment forms.
- Recommendation to Medicaid Task Force on Vision for statewide application of benchmarks.
Cost/Term:
$113,270 over two years.
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