The Vermont Oxford Network: a community of practice

Jeffrey D Horbar; Roger F Soll; William H Edwards

doi:10.1016/j.clp.2010.01.003

The Vermont Oxford Network: a community of practice

Clin Perinatol. 2010 Mar;37(1):29-47. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2010.01.003.

Authors

Jeffrey D Horbar¹, Roger F Soll, William H Edwards

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA. horbar@VTOXFORD.org

PMID: 20363446
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2010.01.003

Abstract

The Vermont Oxford Network is a not-for-profit organization established in the late 1980s with the goals of improving the quality and safety of medical care for newborn infants and their families through a coordinated program of research, education, and quality improvement. In this paper the authors discuss the activities and programs sponsored by the Network to achieve those goals.

MeSH terms

Databases, Factual*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / statistics & numerical data
Kentucky
Neonatology*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
Quality Assurance, Health Care*