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Vermont Oxford Network: a worldwide learning community
Erika M Edwards1,2,3, Danielle E Y Ehret1,2, Roger F Soll1,2
1Vermont Oxford Network, Burlington, VT, USA.
Translational Pediatrics
|August 16, 2019
Summary
The Vermont Oxford Network (VON) is a global learning community improving newborn medicine. VON unites healthcare providers and families to enhance neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) outcomes worldwide.
Area of Science:
- Neonatal Medicine
- Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Collaborative Learning
Background:
- Healthcare learning communities foster collaboration between providers and families to improve patient outcomes.
- The Vermont Oxford Network (VON) is a key example of such a community, focusing on newborn medicine globally.
- VON is dedicated to enhancing the quality, safety, and value of care through a structured program.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the structure and function of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) as a worldwide learning community in newborn medicine.
- To highlight VON's role in facilitating quality improvement in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
- To emphasize the empowerment of individuals, organizations, and systems towards achieving optimal infant potential.
Main Methods:
- Collection of pragmatic, structured data for benchmarking.
- Implementation of quality improvement collaboratives.
- Conducting pragmatic trials and observational research.
- Engaging multidisciplinary teams and families across disciplines and geographies.
Main Results:
- VON facilitates data-driven quality improvement in NICUs across diverse resource settings.
- The network enables shared learning and knowledge dissemination among healthcare professionals and families.
- VON empowers participants to improve care and outcomes for infants.
Conclusions:
- Global learning communities like VON are effective in driving quality improvement in specialized medical fields.
- The collaborative approach, integrating data, research, and education, is crucial for advancing neonatal care.
- VON's model supports the vision of enabling every infant worldwide to reach their full potential.
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