Your VON Newsletter
October 2026 |
Join Us at the 2026 Quality Congress! |
VON Quality Congress
November 5-8, 2026
Chicago, IL |
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Quality Improvement Foundations for All Members! |
This course introduces the fundamentals of QI and builds a common understanding of QI processes among the entire NICU team (and includes 3.5 CEs).
It is also useful as a practical guide that provides a step-by-step roadmap to complete any improvement project. |
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Project Warm Welcome - Save the Dates
VON Quality Improvement Collaborative 2027 |
We are leveraging the knowledge and efforts of all VON members at 1,200+ centers to address the topic of admission temperature in neonatal care.
Our first Project Warm Welcome collaborative webinar for all VON members is January 19, 2027. |
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Evidence to Practice: Innovative Approaches to Surfactant Administration |
Our latest VON Grand Rounds webinar and discussion gathered attendees from 48 countries to learn about disseminating SALSA, a surfactant delivery technique using a supraglottic device, across low- and middle-income countries. |
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Save the date for the next Grand Rounds on Kangaroo Mother Care with Alex Stevenson, MD, and Elizabeth Rogers, MD on Wednesday, December16. |
Quality Congress Spotlight: What About Us? Caring for Ourselves as We Care for Others in Healthcare |
Dr. Jessi Gold will share her expertise during her keynote, "What About Us? Caring for Ourselves as We Care for Others in Healthcare," speaking with us on mental health, wellness, and culture change in healthcare and academic settings!
She will also host a breakout session with Dr. Jochen Profit on the topic of burnout and retention. |
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Common Questions, Unique Insights
Participate in VON Commons to learn and improve together! |
Whether you have questions or answers, your voice matters in our community’s discussion about practices, evidence, family involvement, and quality improvement processes.
Log in to VON Commons to share guidelines/protocols, see what others are working on, learn from your peers, and help others in our community provide the best possible care to infants and families. |
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Vermont Oxford Network data was used to support a variety of presentations and posters during the USANA conference this September. United South African Neonatal Association (USANA) aims to strengthen partnerships between neonatal services across South Africa.
Dr. Alex Stevenson, VON’s new Director of Global Health, presented Benchmarking Neonatal Outcomes: Insights from African VON Data. |
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Additional presentations included:
- Outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a South African Tertiary Neonatal Unit: A VON-Based Cohort Study, by Meera Ooka
- Improving Patient Outcomes in NICU Using VON KMC Quality Improvement Standards, by Agnes Nyamande
- Twenty-five years of participation in the Vermont Oxford Network within a private healthcare group: have we fully utilised its potential? by Aliné Hall
- Using Vermont Oxford Network data to monitor and improve weight gain of NICU admission at Mediclinic Vereeniging, by Gerda Labuschagne
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Represent Your VON Membership |
We are pleased to recognize your dedication to data-driven quality improvement for the infants and families you serve.
To celebrate your membership with VON, you can post a “member badge” (download from our website) and text describing your membership in our worldwide improvement community. |
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Welcome to Our Learning Community |
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