Intensive Care Follow-up Clinic adds enhanced coordinated care and treatment pilot |
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The Intensive Care Follow-up Clinic at Children’s Minnesota ensures that graduates from neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) who are most at risk for developmental and health challenges later in life have a structure to support them and refer them to additional services as needed. The Intensive Care Follow-up Clinic also empowers The Kid Experts® at Children’s Minnesota to assess the long-term outcomes of the care of these babies by seeing children through age 5, ensuring appropriate referrals for at-risk infants and toddlers.
What’s new
In 2025, the Intensive Care Follow-up Clinic strengthened its partnership with physical therapy for the youngest patients to increase screening for motor delays and provide earlier referrals for at-risk infants. “We are currently planning a pilot project, which will launch this month, for earlier follow-up with patients with complex discharge plans to support the transition from NICU to home,” said Heidi Kamrath, DO, medical director of neonatal outpatient clinic services.
“Our highly skilled and experienced team collaborates with primary care providers,” said Dr. Kamrath. “It makes referrals to additional specialists to ensure that all babies get off to a successful start after they graduate from the NICU and other neonatal units. We track outcomes for these patients to continually improve care and ensure that our sites can participate in exciting research locally and in the larger neonatal community nationwide.”
Read more about the Intensive Care Follow-up Clinic. For questions regarding eligibility criteria for patient referrals, please call the Children’s Minnesota Physician Access line at 866-755-2121.
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Study: Kid experts find universal newborn cCMV screening detects hearing loss earlier |
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A new study led by The Kid Experts® at Children’s Minnesota found that universal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), the leading non-genetic cause of hearing loss in infants, significantly increased diagnoses of mild hearing loss in infants.
The study, published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, examined 132 patients diagnosed with cCMV between 2021 and 2024. It revealed that universal screening for cCMV:
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- Reduced screening age from 8.5 months to 25 days
- Increased the number of diagnoses from about three per year before 2022 to 61 per year after Minnesota became the first state to mandate universal screening in 2023
- Identified four times as many cases of mild hearing loss compared to the prior year
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“If we can identify these patients earlier and intervene, we can have a positive impact on them for their entire lives,” said the lead researcher, Andrew Redmann, MD, pediatric otolaryngologist at Children’s Minnesota. “It also allows us to potentially treat their viral infection early on in life with anti-viral medicines and stop potential future hearing loss.”
Access the Children’s Minnesota cCMV clinical guideline for health professionals.
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cCMV screening is offered through audiology services that are provided by the ear, nose and throat (ENT) program at Children’s Minnesota. The program provides a full range of ENT and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery services, including prenatal counseling, advanced imaging, cochlear implants and innovative surgeries for cleft and craniofacial issues. To refer a patient, please contact Children’s Minnesota Physician Access at 866-755-2121.
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Register for the Twin Cities Pediatric Update, Sept. 17-18, 2026 |
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Reserve your spot now for the 8th annual Twin Cities Pediatric Update, hosted by Children’s Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, and the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MNAAP).
This in-person only, two-day conference features two keynote speakers and more than 20 educational sessions to update you on trending topics and recent advances in pediatrics that are most important to your practice.
Logistics
The Twin Cities Pediatric Update will take place at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest Hotel & Conference Center in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Presentations will not be recorded for viewing post-course. Completion of the evaluation is required to claim course credit.
In lieu of a virtual option, new this year, participants will be able to select a one-day or two-day option to attend the conference when you register.
More information about keynote speakers and sessions will be announced soon. Register today!
Register by May 30th to save $100 on two-day registration. Enter the code TCPU26EARLY at checkout.
Note: The discount code cannot be combined with other reduced pricing options listed on the registration page. Registration closes at noon on September 10, 2026.
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How to connect with a kid expert: Call Children’s Minnesota Physician Access |
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The Children’s Minnesota Physician Access team is available to assist health care providers with medical questions and connect you to one of our board-certified physicians from more than 100 pediatric specialty areas. Contact us 24/7 for patient referrals, consults, admissions, and neonatal transport. Call 866-755-2121.
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| Hear from a kid expert
Health care organizations and other allied health professionals can hear directly from Children’s Minnesota’s physicians and other providers about the latest in pediatric research, clinical procedures and innovations, and more through our Kid Experts On Demand program. To get started, submit a request.
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