California Department of Health Selects Natus’s Data Management Service

Natus Medical has bagged a contract to provide its Newborn Hearing Screening Data Management service to the California department of health care services.

The company is likely to provide web-based software, designed by its Neometrics division, to all birthing hospitals in California and the state’s Hearing Coordination Centers.

The contracted service would assist users in managing hearing screening data and provide training, tracking, and monitoring capabilities. It is to ensure that infants with hearing loss are linked with appropriate treatment and services.

Jim Hawkins, president and CEO of Natus, said: “For many years, the vast majority of infants born in California have had their hearing screened with our proprietary ALGO hearing screening devices and disposable supplies. We are very pleased that now for the first time the State of California will also use our data management software to assure that every child screened for hearing is also tracked and directed to receive appropriate follow up evaluation.”