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Presentations from the 2009 Annual Meeting and 10th Annual Quality Congress are now available
Our 2009 Annual Meeting and 10th Annual Quality Congress was a huge success. Over 600 health professionals from
more than 300 member hospitals engaged in a lively exchange of ideas over the two days in Washington, DC.
Members click here to view and listen to the Annual Meeting presentations
Members click here to view and listen to the Quality Congress presentions
Announcing our NEW 2010 iNICQ Collaborative
We are pleased to offer a new iNICQ Internet Collaborative for 2010, Controversies in Neonatal Intensive Care.
For the first time we are offering this series to non-member hospitals as well as our Vermont Oxford members. The series includes six ninety minute web sessions. A few of the topics that will be covered are:
Oxygen Therapy, Noninvasive Respiratory Support, and Probiotics. Learn more . . .
The NICQ 2009 Quality Improvement Collaborative
The San Diego NICQ 2009 meeting was a lively success, featuring improvement stories with expert
faculty commentary and a workshop on Authority vs. Leadership. Louis Halamek, MD presented on
using video to improve quality care in the NICU, and Paul Bate, PHD spoke on Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD).
360 people attended from 52 centers, including 28 parents and 8 state groups. See the impact of these
tools at the next NICQ 2009 meeting in Austin, TX, April 29-May 2, 2010.
Learn more . . .
The Vermont Oxford Member's Area
We are very pleased to offer you and your center customized access to our web based tools. These new enhanced tools and services
include five main areas:
- Data Management
- Contacts
- Collaborative Learning Center
- Network Participation
- Nightingale Internet Reporting
Watch a 4 minute video tour of the Member's Area
and then
log on to see for yourself.
The Registry for Neonatal Encephalopathy
The Vermont Oxford Network has established a Registry for Neonatal Encephalopathy. The Registry is
enrolling newborn infants with documented encephalopathy to identify their demographic characteristics,
associated perinatal factors, medical treatments, co-morbidities and outcomes.
Click here to learn more about the registry and
to listen to our multimedia presentations on neonatal encephalopathy. . .
Free Data Entry Software
Available
Network Members can request a free copy of our data entry software called
"eNICQ" to submit infant data electronically. Make the move from paper forms to
electronic submission with this tool. Learn
more . . .
We recommend the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group (CNRG)
as a great resource for our members.
The CNRG
is one of over 50 collaborative review groups of the Cochrane Collaboration.
The CNRG produces and disseminates evidence-based, regularly updated reviews of the effects of therapies in
neonatal-perinatal medicine. The CNRG is funded by The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (USA)
which maintains an Internet archive of the neonatal reviews.
Mission:
The mission of the Vermont Oxford Network is to improve the quality and safety
of medical care for newborn infants and their families through a coordinated
program of research, education and quality improvement projects.
A Network of Neonatal Professionals
The Vermont Oxford Network is a non-profit voluntary collaboration of health
care professionals dedicated to our mission. Established in 1988, the Network
is today comprised of over 800 Neonatal Intensive Care Units around the world.
Principles for Accepting Commercial Support
The Vermont Oxford Network has adopted formal guidelines for the acceptance of
commercial support. These guidelines are outlined in the following document,
Principles for
Accepting Commercial Support
Policy and Guidelines for Collaborative Research with the Vermont Oxford Network
Database
The Vermont Oxford Network has approved
policy and guidelines
which govern access to the data in the VON databases for research.