New Concepts in TB Control Regionalization The New England Experience Mark N. Lobato, MD CDR U.S. Public Health Service Division of TB Elimination Brown Bag 2006
Mar 30, 2015
New Concepts in TB Control
RegionalizationThe New England
ExperienceMark N. Lobato, MD
CDR U.S. Public Health ServiceDivision of TB Elimination Brown Bag
2006
Partners Connecticut: James Hadler, George Raiselis, Tom
Condren, Mukhtar Mohamed, Maureen Williams Maine: Kathy Gensheimer, Suzanne Gunston Massachusetts: Sue Etkind, Kathy Hursen, Sharon
Sharnprapai, Janice Boutette, Marilyn Delvalle New Hampshire: Judy Proctor, Lisa Roy, Jose
Montero Rhode Island: Utpala Bandy, Richard Missaghian,
Jane Carter Vermont: Susan Schoenfeld RTMCC: Erin Howe, Rajita Bhavaraju CDC: Zachary Taylor, Dan Ruggiero, Maureen
Wilce Subroto Banerjee, Bob Pratt, Sandy Price
Regionalization
“CDC can facilitate regionalization by conducting pilot programs in conjunction with states, as well as by maintaining experienced personnel who can provide back-up during outbreak situations and complex investigations.”
Institute of Medicine, Ending Neglect, 2000
Purpose of Regionalization
PurposeTo mobilize and coordinate
broad collaborative actions Method
Create a new systemPlan through existing
structures
What can regionalization do for
TB control? Expand experts Build on diversity of
experiences and practices Increase ability to affect health Improve efficiencies Strengthen advocacy
New England
Racial Composition, 2000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Tuberculosis inNew England
A Historical Perspective
New England Skeptical Society
VampiresFrom 1790 to 1890, over a dozen cases of vampirism took place in New England involving families infected by "consumption". After a family member died from TB, living members would open the deceased’s graves to look for signs that spirits were preying as vampires on living family members. The treatment was to cut out the heart, burn it to ashes, dissolve the ashes in water to be drunk by the living family members.
Sanitorium Movement: CT
Dr. Charles W. Gaylord in Branford, CT developed the family farm into a tuberculosis sanitarium. This farm is now the site of the Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, a hospital with about 120 beds devoted to spinal injury and rehabilitation.
Eugene O’Neill
After panning for gold in Honduras and living in a “flop house” in NYC, Eugene O’Neill entered Gaylord Farm Tuberculosis Sanitorium in 1912. While there he wrote his first plays and determined his future as a playwright.
Sanitorium Movement: MA
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REPORT OF THESANITARY COMMISSIONOF MASSACHUSSETTS, 1850_____________________________BY
LEMUEL SHATTUCK
TB Hospital
Lemuel Shattuck (1793-1859)The Father of
American Public Health
Lemuel ShattuckHospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Dr. Moses Stone asked, “Where are those too poor to pay going to get care?" He instilled this passion in a group of local Boston women. Through their efforts the JewishTB Sanatorium was established in 1927.
NEJM Weekly CME ProgramExam Listing: Tuberculosis
Priorities for the Treatment of LTBI Forgotten but Not Gone Dexamethasone for the Treatment of TB Me
ningitis in Adolescents and Adults
The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and
copyrighted© 2005 Massachusetts Medical Society
Tuberculosis inNew England
21st Century
TB Background, 2004 TB cases
Total cases = 486 Rate = 3.4/100,000 (range 1.2-
4.3) TB trends
Cases increased in 3 states MA (9%) RI (10%) NH (59%)
TB Case Rates, 2004
Source: MMWR 2005;54:245
We’re All in the Same Boat
“Successful TB control in the U.S. …depends on the development of effective strategies to control and prevent disease among foreign-born persons.”Source: CDC. Controlling TB in the United States, 2005
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Tuberculosis inNew England
New Methods, Old Problems
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
December 5, 2003
Public health dispatch: TB outbreak in a homeless population-- Portland, Maine, 2002-2003
During June 2002-July 2003, seven men with active pulmonary TB disease in Portland, Maine, were reported to the Maine Bureau of Health. Six were linked through residence at homeless shelters; four had matching genotypes. Prompt investigation and identification of approximately 1,100 contacts likely prevented further spread of TB. This report summarizes preliminary results of the ongoing investigation and efforts to work with health-care providers statewide to improve early detection of TB among homeless persons.
TB Resources No …
money staff front-line authority
Have…good will
Regionalization Process Stakeholder collaboration Establish regular communication Define priorities
Maintain political will
Zen Lessons Live with uncertainty Be sensitive to uncertainty Befriend uncertainty
Uncertainty Principle
Central tenets of the uncertainty principle
• Take action in the face of uncertainty (using credible evidence)
• Accept burden of proof as the proponent of an activity
• Explore a wide range of alternatives• Be prepared to alter course
Overcoming Challenges Different experiences
Find common ground Variable resources
Build on what exists Divergent opinions
Establish consensus Competing priorities
Stay focused
Regional Objectives
Develop a regional plan Promote regional education Provide consultation Create a genotyping database Use program evaluation
consistently
Regional PlanObjective 1. Create a regional plan
including action steps so that appropriate state and local TB control managers and staff will have the necessary awareness and venues of regional communication to create a shared vision by Fall 2005.
Action Steps:1. Engage TB program leadership2. Use existing or new venues to discuss vision3. Visit each program at least once annually4. Incorporate plan into TB elimination plans
Stratification of Tasks
TimePriority
High Moderate Low
Immediate
Commun-ication
Education & training
Medical consult
Short term
Consensusplan
Evaluation New funding
Long term
Genotyping database
Contact investigations
Research
Accomplishments Established a shared vision Undertook “needs assessments” Created TB regional plan Initiated education for providers Planned genotyping database Develop program evaluation plans
Building CapacityThrough Partnerships
CDC: Applied for a PHPS fellow UCONN: MPH student to
analyze supplemental surveillance
Western NE College: Informatics intern to help on regional website
Products Educational series“TB Case Series for Providers and
Clinicians” Regional website Genotyping database State-specific
Advisory committees Talks at conferences (NE, TB Today)
Education Objective
“Support and assist the Northeast Regional TB Model Center for the purpose of planning and promoting region-wide training and education of staff, providers, and patients using in-person or distance modalities by the Winter 2005.”
Educational Case Series Defined need to reach private
providers Created basis for distance
learning webinar continuing education credit
Held two successful presentations Need to build e-mail lists
Interactive Web PresentationApril 11, 2006
8:00 A.M.
Accreditation: CME, CNE, CHES. This activity has been designated by CDC for 1Category 1 hour toward the AMA physician's recognition award, 1.2 hours toward theANCCCA nurse’s recognition award and 1 hour accreditation by NCHEC for educators.
TThe New England TB control programs invite you to participate in a case presentations of a patient with tuberculous meningitis and HIV
infection.
Eliminating TB Case by CaseA Case Series for Providers and Clinicians
Joseph Gadbaw, Jr., MDLawrence and Memorial Hospital
New London, CT
Access the TB Case Series at:www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PG1678747&p=2006&t=c Toll free audio access: 888-552-9191 Password = 2006 #
NewEnglandTB.com Developed a team with
expertise Purposes of website are to
Increase cohesiveness and visibility
Promote regional and state education
Exchange materials
Regional Genotyping
“Send all M. tuberculosis isolates for DNA genotyping and enter results into a shared database.”
Genotyping Database Established work group Defined data management
capacity and needs Collaboration around CT
cluster Participated in national effort
State Accomplishments (1)
Connecticut Started enhanced TB surveillance Revised pediatric guidelines Updated BCG guidelines
New Hampshire Surveyed 400 providers on
educational preferences
State Accomplishments (2)
Maine Developed a corrections toolkit
Rhode Island Completed an investigation in a
medical waste facility Massachusetts
Planning a ‘Clinicians Update Conference’
New Models
“The traditional model of TB control, in which planning and execution reside almost exclusively with the public health sector, is no longer the optimal approach…”
Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States, 2005
One shoe does not fit all
Maine, NH, and VT do not have outreach staff
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Type of Provider (%), 2004
Advisory Committees MA: Well-established, 1999 RI: Reconstituted, May 2005 CT: Revitalized, October 2005 Regional perspective
Advocacy Legislation Stigma QFT/laboratory
Cohort Review Cohort reviews - an
independent priority area and supportive of evaluation efforts
CT looked to MA model of regional and state-wide reviews
RI establishing own approach
Special Challenges Intrajurisdictional contact
investigations Migratory workers Maintaining expertise and
sufficient resources
Lessons Learned Regional efforts offer benefits
to state programs and to DTBE Modern TB control requires
cooperation, coordination, and collaboration across jurisdictions
Best Practices Communication must be open
and ongoing Agenda is set by the
stakeholders
Bringing clean air to schools, jails,
hospitals, and shelters in New England.
Protect your patients, clients,inmates, students, and yourself from
BACTERIA: Tuberculosis
MOLDS: molds
VIRUSES: chicken flu
ODORS: "dirty sock syndrome“
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