Kate Morrow

Vermont Oxford Network

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. Vermont Oxford Network offers data-driven, action-oriented learning for improving outcomes and increasing the quality, safety, and value of newborn care. We develop interactive reporting tools for on-the-ground use in neonatal care; we create defining curricula for and lead quality improvement collaboratives, engaging teams from centers around the world; and we direct outcomes research and clinical trials, turning data into actionable information that results in tangible improvements in outcomes. For more information, this Pediatrics article describes evidence-based quality improvement efforts at Vermont Oxford Network. We invite the interdisciplinary team of newborn health care professionals at centers worldwide to become members and partners in our efforts, and to participate in these VON initiatives