Vermont Oxford Network 2009 Annual Meeting and 10th Annual Quality Congress
We are pleased to announce our 2009 Annual Meeting and 10th Annual Quality Congress will take place on December 5th and 6th at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. These meetings provide an opportunity for health professionals from member institutions to engage in open discussion of topics of interest to the Network including presentations by nationally recognized experts. Learn more . . .

New Spring 2009 Newsletter
Read about our current activities at Vermont Oxford, including a recap of our 2008 Annual Meeting, the 2009 NICQ Collaborative, the 2009 iNICQ Collaboratives, 2008 Data Finalization Guidelines, and an update on Trials. Learn more . . .

The NICQ 2009 Quality Improvement Collaborative
The second meeting of our NICQ 2009 Collaborative will take place on September 11-13, 2009 in San Diego, California. Multidisciplinary teams including parents from 53 NICUS and eight state groups will come together to work under the guidance of expert faculty on a specific topic of their choice from among the following: NICU Design, Resuscitation and Stabilization, Medication Safety, Nutrition, Electronic Health Record, Infection Prevention, Respiratory Care, Discharge Management and Encephalopathy. In addition to Topic Group work, the meeting will include sharing of improvement stories from participating centers and interactive plenary sessions exploring the use of video and experienced based co-design as tools for improvement. An optional half day Leading for Improvement session for registered teams will be conducted on the afternoon of September 10. Learn more . . .

• Data Management
• Contacts
• Collaborative Learning Center
• Network Participation
• Nightingale Internet Reporting

Watch a 4 minute video tour of the new Member's Area

Nightingale Internet Reporting System
We are pleased to offer Nightingale - an online reporting system for members that provides secure real-time access to your hospital's data and to network data. Now you can view, print and analyze your data in a variety of ways including comparing your hospital's results with those of the Network as a whole and with subgroups of hospitals similar to yours. Trend data are available starting in 1990. Nightingale provides new flexibility to access and understand your data. It is available to Network Members only, sign up is required. Click here for more information.

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. . .

Update on Acuity-adjusted Staffing, Nurse Practice Environments and NICU Outcomes
Our first study on this topic, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is now in the next stage of data analysis: linking nurse staffing and environments to infant outcomes. NICUs that are participating in the study will soon receive a report specific to each NICU detailing their acuity-adjusted staffing ratios, their infant acuity mix, and nurse ratings of the work environment. Given our 77% response rate, we are confident that the data are stable and reliable. For more details about our upcoming study click here. Please contact the study project manager Dr. Robyn Cheung if you are interested in learning more.

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 . . .