iNICQ Collaborative on Creating Standard Processes (June 2008 - October 2009)

This collaborative helped teams improve and standardize key NICU processes, by creating and using new tools to support standard work. Participants learned to make NICU processes family centered, safe, equitable, effective, efficient, timely and socially and environmentally responsible. For more information . . .

iNICQ Collaborative on Potentially Better Practices (March 2007 - March 2008)

This collaborative provided an introduction to the Potentially Better Practices identified and tested by teams that participated in the Network's NICQ 2005 Collaborative. In that Collaborative 47 multidisciplinary teams from NICUs in North America worked with experts to identify and test Potentially Better Practices, PBPs, in a variety of NICU domains. For more information . . .

iNICQ Collaborative on the Value Compass (May 2006)

On May 10, 2006, Vermont Oxford Network hosted an iNICQ Internet collaborative on the topic of the Value Compass. Under the direction of William Edwards, MD and Gene Nelson, DSc, participating multidisciplinary teams learned to assess their unit's performance across important domains of outcomes to assess/improve quality and value of care. Teams applied Value Compass thinking to their unit using tools and methods that have been tested by teams that have participated in the Network's intensive NICQ collaboratives. For more information . . .

iNICQ Collaborative on Encephalopathy (January 2006)

On January 10, 2006, Vermont Oxford Network hosted an iNICQ Internet collaborative on the topic of neonatal encephalopathy. This was the fifth in a series of Internet collaboratives that have addressed a variety of topics aimed at improving the quality and safety of medical care for newborn infants and their families. The collaborative will be coordinated with the Network's Registry for Neonatal Encephalopathy. For more information . . .

iNICQ Collaborative on Infection (April 2005)

This series is a continuation of the work begun in the previous iNICQ Infection Collaborative which ended in November 2004. The goal of this collaborative is to achieve and sustain reductions in Nosocomial Infection. The motto is "Making it Work, Making it Stick....Transforming Ideas into Action!" This clinically based, action oriented series includes 5 interactive 90 minute web conferences focused on Reducing Infection in the NICU. Presented by nationally recognized experts in health care improvement and building on the learning and materials from the Network’s successful NIC/Q Quality Improvement Collaborative, each web conference provides formal teaching, interactive discussion and time for teams to work together. Prior to each conference, participating teams are provided with materials and prework assignments designed to prepare the team for action. For more information . . .

iNICQ Collaborative on Infection (February 2004)

This collaborative for Vermont Oxford Network members includes a series of five interactive web conferences and access to a dedicated e-mail discussion list. Each web conference focuses on a reducing infection while improving quality and safety directly tailored to the NICU environment. Presented by nationally recognized experts in health care improvement and building on the learning and materials from the Network's successful NIC/Q Quality Improvement Collaborative, each web conference will provide formal teaching and an opportunity for interactive discussion. Prior to the conference participating teams are provided with the Vermont Oxford Network "Tools for Improvement Series: Reducing Nosocomial Infection" and receive pre-work assignments designed to prepare the team for improving safety in the NICU. For more information . . .

iNICQ Collaborative on Safety (April 2003)

This collaborative for Vermont Oxford Network members includes a series of five interactive web conferences and access to a dedicated e-mail discussion list. Each web conference focuses on a critical topic in patient safety directly tailored to the NICU environment. Presented by nationally recognized experts in health care improvement and building on the learning and materials from the Network's successful NIC/Q Quality Improvement Collaborative, each web conference will provide formal teaching and an opportunity for interactive discussion. Prior to each conference participating teams are provided with the Vermont Oxford Network "Tools for Improvement Series" Patient Safety and receive pre-work assignments designed to prepare the team for improving safety in the NICU. For more information . . .

iNICQ Collaborative on Infection, Nutrition, Change and Family Centered Care (2002 - 2003)

The Vermont Oxford Network is pleased to report that multidisciplinary teams comprised of over 600 individuals from 63 neonatal intensive care units in North America and around the world participated in the first iNICQ - internet based improvement collaborative. The collaborative included a series of 4 interactive web conferences and access to a dedicated e-mail discussion list. Each web conference focused on a critical topic in quality improvement and safety directly tailored to the NICU environment. Presented by nationally recognized experts in health care improvement and building on the learning and materials from the Network's successful NIC/Q Quality Improvement Collaborative, each web conference provided formal teaching in improvement techniques and an opportunity for interactive discussion. For more information . . .