INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES

WHERE DOES KIDSNET INFORMATION COME FROM?

KIDSNET information comes from the following sources:

• Birth Records
• Pediatric providers, Family Practice Doctors, and other Primary Care Practitioners
• Health Clinics (community, hospital well-baby clinics, immunization clinics)
• Children’s immunization histories (including all states and foreign countries where the child had healthcare) from the Immunization Program
• Laboratory reports from Newborn Bloodspot
• WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children )
• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
• Early Intervention
• Newborn Developmental Risk Assessment
• Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Program
• Family Outreach Program (home visiting)
• Birth Defects Program

KIDSNET protects your child’s information in the system very carefully. See Who uses KIDSNET? and Confidentiality for more information.