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 About
HealthCheck (EPSDT) Screenings and Bright Futures
In the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services' State Medicaid Manual (Section
5123.2), Bright Futures is cited as an example of recognized
and accepted clinical practice guidelines for EPSDT screening.1 Based on the Bright Futures Guidelines and other resources,
the Distance Education Project has developed an EPSDT curriculum
tailored for providers of pediatric preventive health care services.
About
Bright Futures at Georgetown University
To learn more about Bright Futures at Georgetown University, visit
the About Bright Futures page.
Project
staff for the HealthCheck Provider Education System
John
Richards, M.A., Principal Investigator
Jeanne Anastasi, M.A., Program Specialist
Eileen Clark, Program Specialist
Mindy Nash, Web Developer
Michael K. Wilkinson, Technology Developer
To contact
the HealthCheck Provider Education System staff, e-mail John
Richards
About
Georgetown University
Georgetown
University is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in America,
founded in 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll. GU's position as a premier
academic institution steeped in a tradition of scholarly inquiry
and concern for the human condition is reflected in its belief that
serious and sustained discourse among people of different faiths,
cultures, and beliefs promotes intellectual, ethical, and spiritual
understanding.
References
1 (U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. State Medicaid Manual.
Section 5123.2, Screening Service Content. -- Part D, Appropriate
Laboratory Tests, Health Care Financing Administration, Transmittal
No. 12, September 1998)
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