Your VON Newsletter
May 2025 |
Learn How Your Center Can Participate in the All Care is Brain Care Quality Improvement Collaborative
Tuesday, June 3 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern) |
Meet with VON faculty to learn about joining any of the topic groups in our All Care is Brain Care quality improvement collaborative. We will address the program structure, the program’s timing and resources, and explore ways our community can help your team improve processes and outcomes for infants and families. We will also have ample time for your questions.
This webinar is for teams who are not currently participating in All Care is Brain Care and would like to learn more about the quality improvement collaborative. |
QI Topics:
- Reducing Pain & Pokes
- Neuroprotective Lung Strategies
- Optimizing Neurodevelopment for Infants with BPD
- Bundling Care to Reduce Severe IVH
- Promoting Parental Wellbeing and Health Equity
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Kentucky Hospital Association and the Kentucky Perinatal Quality Collaborative Implement Eat, Sleep, Console Statewide |
VON is partnering with the Kentucky Hospital Association and the Kentucky Perinatal Quality Collaborative to improve outcomes for infants experiencing opioid withdrawal and their families. The Eat, Sleep, Console initiative focuses on an evidence-based approach to care that prioritizes non-pharmaceutical interventions. All birthing hospitals in the state will receive extensive training supported by VON and national Eat, Sleep, Console experts to bring this knowledge to the bedside and standardize care throughout the state. Read more... |
Evidence to Practice: Eat, Sleep, Console
VON Grand Rounds Webinar Recording Available |
Faculty:
Roger F. Soll, MD
Danielle Ehret, MD, MPH
Leslie Young, MD
Adrienne Pahl, MD |
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Neonatal opioid withdrawal is triggered by the discontinuation of placental transmission of maternal opioids causing neuro-excitability and gastrointestinal dysfunction. Earlier assessment tools focused on symptoms while Eat, Sleep, Console addresses functional dimensions.
The recorded VON Grand Rounds discussion of the Eat, Sleep, Console care model is now available. |
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Babies With Books (BWB) Read-A-Thon
Encourage Reading in the NICU this September! |
All NICUs are invited to join the sixth annual Babies With Books (BWB) Read-A-Thon in September. BWB Read-a-thon is a friendly international reading competition between NICUs to encourage reading with infants for its many benefits to infants and families.
There is no cost to join this NICU Read-A-Thon and you can participate even if your hospital cannot provide books to families. All NICU participants will receive free, downloadable, and printable resources to help with your Read-A-Thon implementation including templated family/staff information sheets, reading tracking sheets, bookmarks, and prize suggestions.
Last year’s event included 224 NICUs completing a total of 61,054 reading sessions over the 11 day period! |
Improvement Stories from Our Community |
Hear how teams in the VON "All Care is Brain Care" quality improvement collaborative have implemented changes to their practice and experienced improved outcomes, increased value of care, and enhanced the family experience. |
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Leapfrog Hospital Survey Streamlined Data Submission |
Through VON's partnership with The Leapfrog Group, your center can now opt-in for VON to send your center's relevant data for reporting on high-risk deliveries.
If your hospital participates in the Leapfrog Survey and you want VON to share data on your behalf, please complete the brief authorization process on the VON website. |
VON Quality Congress - Save the Date for 2026!
November 5-8, 2026 |
We can't wait to learn with you and learn from you in 2026.
There will not be a VON Quality Congress in 2025. |
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