Vermont Oxford Network

Vermont Oxford Network Transforming data into action to help save babies lives.

Vermont Oxford Network (VON) is a nonprofit voluntary collaboration of health care professionals working together as an interdisciplinary community to change the landscape of neonatal care. Founded in 1988, VON is now comprised of teams of health professionals representing neonatal intensive care units and level I and II care centers around the world, in support of our mission 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.

Welcome to our new series: What We Do Wednesday!  A myth-busting series to help you learn the full extent of VON's servi...
09/03/2025

Welcome to our new series: What We Do Wednesday! A myth-busting series to help you learn the full extent of VON's services.
Up first: Quality Improvement Collaboratives!
Improvement is faster and more effective when teams work together. That’s the philosophy behind VON’s collaborative learning networks. In VON collaboratives, NICUs share data, test changes, and learn from one another’s successes and challenges. Whether the focus is on follow-up care, oxygen use, or family engagement, these collaboratives create momentum that no single NICU could achieve alone.

The result? Accelerated improvement, stronger teams, and better outcomes for babies.

We are actively enrolling for our 2026 groups. To learn more, please visit https://bit.ly/4gilovT

September is NICU Awareness Month- a time to honor all the patients, from tiny to full term, the families who support th...
09/02/2025

September is NICU Awareness Month- a time to honor all the patients, from tiny to full term, the families who support their every step, and the dedicated health professionals who provide their care.
At Vermont Oxford Network, we're proud to partner with NICUs around the world to share data, learn together, and improve outcomes for newborns and families. Every baby deserves the best possible start, and together we're making that vision a reality.

Just two short weeks until the NANN Conference! The VON Team is excited to see you and participate with you in a variety...
08/27/2025

Just two short weeks until the NANN Conference! The VON Team is excited to see you and participate with you in a variety of ways:
⭐: VON booth in the exhibit hall: stop by booth 516 to learn about our various programs
⭐: ARNP Preconference session with Dr. Sonia Bonifacio MD FAAP exploring the pathophysiology of HIE
⭐: QI Collaborative breakfast (by invitation)
⭐: Scavenger hunt throughout the conference sponsored by VON: learn more about NANN and VON (hint there will be prizes!)
⭐: Main session with Dr. Sonia Bonifacio, MD, FAAP and Lisa Houston, MSN, RNC-NIC that explores HIE from the doctor and nurses perspective
⭐: VON and NANN Case of the year: will you solve the mystery???

Will you be there? Comment below and tell us what you are most excited for!

Our goal as a VON team is to give you tools to gather and submit data, benchmark your data, then help you identify areas...
08/22/2025

Our goal as a VON team is to give you tools to gather and submit data, benchmark your data, then help you identify areas of improvement to enhance the care of the infants and families we serve. Improvement happens in multidisciplinary groups with data as the key driver, something we can help you with! Our All Care is Brain Care Quality Improvement Collaborative is actively enrolling for 2026. To learn more about our programs and how you can join us, visit https://bit.ly/4dSZQ7n.

The recording of our August 6th Grand Rounds, Evidence to Practice: Oxygen in the NICU, is now available.  View this ses...
08/19/2025

The recording of our August 6th Grand Rounds, Evidence to Practice: Oxygen in the NICU, is now available. View this session and explore our improvement library of past Grand Rounds, including topics such as Therapeutic Hypothermia, Eat/Sleep/Console, Follow up and Follow Through, and much more!

Anyone can set up a free, basic log in to access recordings.

To view Grand Rounds recordings, click here: https://bit.ly/4mfxRTt

Happy International Neonatal Nurses Day!  At VON, we celebrate and honor the incredible dedication, expertise, and compa...
08/15/2025

Happy International Neonatal Nurses Day! At VON, we celebrate and honor the incredible dedication, expertise, and compassion of neonatal nurses around the world. You are essential to our mission and play a key role in improving care for our tiniest patients.

At VON, nurses are involved in:
⭐Collecting accurate, high quality data
⭐Reviewing data in Nightingale online reporting
⭐Accessing online courses through our education subscription
⭐Earning free CEUs through our Grand Rounds
⭐Serving as key members of quality improvement teams

Thank you for the extraordinary work you do every day to make a difference in the lives of all NICU patients and their families.

To learn more about all these programs, and more, please visit: https://bit.ly/4lAfjfJ

08/11/2025

Families are the constant in every baby’s NICU journey, making them key members of the QI team. Today we highlight how VON QI members are embracing families as full partners in QI. Their voices bring insight, accountability, and purpose to every step of improvement. When families are heard, outcomes improve, and care becomes more compassionate, connected, and effective.

To learn more about our All Care is Brain Care QI Collaborative, please visit https://bit.ly/4dSZQ7n .

The NANN conference is coming up next month!  The VON Team is excited to see you and participate with you in a variety o...
08/08/2025

The NANN conference is coming up next month! The VON Team is excited to see you and participate with you in a variety of ways:
⭐: VON Booth in the exhibit hall: stop by to learn about our various programs
⭐: ARNP Preconference session with Dr. Sonia Bonifacio MD FAAP exploring the pathophysiology of HIE
⭐: QI Collaborative breakfast (by invitation)
⭐: Scavenger hunt to learn more about NANN and VON (hint there will be prizes!)
⭐: Main session with Dr. Sonia Bonifacio MD FAAP and Lisa Houston, MSN, RNC-NIC that explores HIE from the doctor and nurses perspective
⭐: VON and NANN Case of the year: will you solve the mystery???

Will you be there? Comment below so we can be sure to see you!

08/04/2025

Today we share a member story about the importance of having a multidisciplinary team when creating QI improvement changes. VON members participating in quality improvement programs understand that a culture of improvement must involve every person caring for the infant. Our programs are intentionally multidisciplinary and family-centered, and these teams dedicated to transformative and compassionate care include nurses, RTs, physicians, NNPs, QI members, and most importantly, families.

To learn more about our QI Collaborative All Care is Brain Care, please visit https://bit.ly/4dSZQ7n .

07/31/2025

The annual VON Award for Excellence in Quality Improvement recognizes VON member teams who demonstrate dedication to VON core values of quality improvement: measurement, evidence, families, equity, and collaboration. One of the 2024 award recipients, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford sits down to talk with the VON team about the award and the importance of quality improvement in their health care center. Luanne Smedley, Executive Director & Associate Chief Nursing Officer at the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services, tells us how Lucile Packard's NICU stives for continuous quality improvement.

The VON Award for Excellence in Quality Improvement is awarded to teams currently doing QI with VON who complete a QI poster and apply for the award. If your center is interested in learning about applying for the award, please visit https://bit.ly/3zogFrW .

07/28/2025

In this Member Stories video, members of our QI teams at the NICQ level reflect on how participation in VON QI has strengthened their quality improvement efforts and led to measurable improvements in clinical outcomes. From reducing complications in preterm infants to engaging families and frontline teams in sustainable change, these centers are showing what’s possible when we collect data, benchmark data, collaborate across institutions and never stop asking how we can be better.

To learn more about our All Care is Brain Care Collaborative, please visit https://bit.ly/4dSZQ7n.

Our next Grand Rounds is two weeks from today!  We invite our international newborn care community to join us for a webi...
07/23/2025

Our next Grand Rounds is two weeks from today! We invite our international newborn care community to join us for a webinar focused on oxygen use in the NICU. Oxygen therapy is critical to the care of sick preterm newborns. Although lifesaving, oxygen therapy can contribute to serious problems, including retinopathy of prematurity and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Our attempts to find the “right” amount of oxygen to administer while in intensive care are imperfect and leave us with many unanswered questions. We will examine evidence-based practices that maximize the benefits of oxygen administration in the NICU while minimizing potential harms. Join us 8/6 at 12ET. CEUs are included for this webinar.

To register, please visit: https://bit.ly/4eZ6drf

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