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Newborn Screening Dashboards

Newborn screening dashboards are updated every morning at 6am.  They include data collected over multiple years.  For each chart, you can choose to view the data for a specific year or compare data across calendar years.

Note: Dashboards do not load properly in Internet Explorer.  It is recommended to use Chrome, Edge, or Firefox to view a dashboard.

Critical Congenital Heart Defects (CCHD) Dashboard

The CCHD Dashboard presents clinical data collected by the Division of Newborn Screening & Genetics as part of the newborn screening and confirmatory testing done for Critical Congenital Heart Defects in Pennsylvania. It shows the number of babies screened for CCHD using pulse oximetry, results of the screening, number of babies referred to pediatric cardiologists for assessment and an echocardiogram, number of confirmed cases of CHD and related disorders, prevalence in terms of gender, race, and ethnicity, and incidence rate by county of maternal residence. It also provides annual trends for births, pulse ox screenings and diagnoses.

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Dashboard

The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Dashboard presents clinical data collected by the Division of Newborn Screening & Genetics as part of the newborn screening and confirmatory testing done for CF in Pennsylvania. It shows the number of babies and dried-blood spot specimens screened for CF, results of the screening, number of babies referred to treatment centers for next level of confirmatory testing, number of confirmed cases, and prevalence of CF in terms of gender, race, ethnicity and location (county and zip code). It also provides timeliness data from the time a baby is born to when they are diagnosed with CF and when the treatment is started.

Hearing Screening Dashboard 

The Hearing Screening Dashboard presents clinical data reported to the Pennsylvania Hearing Screening and Intervention program. It provides a snapshot of the inpatient (IP) and outpatient (OP) screenings performed by the hearing screening providers, and the timeliness of the screenings and their reporting, following standards consistent with The Infant Hearing Education, Assessment, Reporting and Referral (IHEARR) Act (Act 89 of 2001) .

Where can I get more information?

If you have questions about your baby's newborn screening result, contact your baby's health care provider or call the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Program at 717-783-8143.