TL;DR
Training PCPs to diagnose autism in young children with obvious signs, has the potential to reduce diagnostic delays and improve access to early intervention and was associated with meaningful improvements in provider confidence.
These findings underscore the need for training models that provide tailored resources and sustained support around integration within existing practice systems and refine diagnostic training based on provider feedback to increase their long-term impact and facilitate community-based autism assessment.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility and clinical performance of an autism diagnostic e-consult model that embeds asynchronous psychologist review within primary care workflows to support diagnostic decision-making and triage by primary care providers (PCPs). METHODS Eight autism-trained PCPs across 4 clinics record...
OBJECTIVE We evaluated a tiered autism assessment model (TAAM) designed to integrate caregiver and provider confidence ratings with an FDA-cleared eye-tracking-based diagnostic device for toddlers (16-30 months) within a specialty autism diagnostic clinic. Despite the availability and purported efficacy of the device,...
Objective: Children followed in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) programs are at increased risk for neurodevelopmental delay and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (Blackard et al., 2021). Language concerns often prompt referral for autism evaluations (Nitzan et al., 2022); however, the relationship between early lang...
Preliminary evidence is provided supporting the existing STAT cut-off of ≥ 2 in similar high-risk clinical populations, while larger multicenter and community-based studies are needed to confirm the performance and generalizability of this cut-off.
Evidence is provided for the effectiveness of an extension of the HealthySteps program for identifying and diagnosing ASD within an integrated pediatric primary care setting and implications and future directions for adapting the HS model in integrated behavioral health practices are discussed.
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