Dear Colleagues, I will be out of town from Thursday, March 2nd through Monday, March 6th. I will be attending the annual Pediatric Chairs Meeting. If you have an urgent Pediatric issue, please contact Mary Lee Shucart, Pediatric Administrator, or Dr. Steve Lauer, Acting Chair. Chet If you have an urgent DDC concern, please contact Lisa Hull, DDC Administrator, or Dr. Matt Reese, DDC Deputy Director. Thank you! >>> HEARTLAND 03/02/06 08:44 >>> Here's a second question for the group..... North Dakota has begun their needs assessment as to genetic services. We have surveyed health care professionals through a survey which was disseminated through our personal mailing list, as well through Children Special Health Services (CSHS). The response we received was well received, as we had about 300 returned surveys. We have surveyed, and still do so, patients seen as to their opinions of our services. Our next step is developing a survey for the Native American Reservations in our state. I am curious what other states have done with assessments and am curious if we could receive a copy of your surveys for the needs assessment. Now a third question.... Through the direction of the health care survey responses, we hope to provide additional training as requested via newsletters, brochures, and conferences. Is there newsletters or brochures that we could give our health care professionals, and families that is standardized in the Heartland Region? If so, how can we access them? Thank you everyone! Jayne -- *Jayne Brown* Human Service Information Coordinator Division of Medical Genetics UND School of Medicine & Health Services PO Box 9037 Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037 (701) 777-4277 ************************************************** *Confidentiality Note:* This electronic message transmission is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this transmission, but are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact Division of Medical Genetics at (701) 777-4277 and delete and destroy the original message and all copies.