Vermont Oxford Network

Vermont Oxford Network Transforming data into action to help save babies lives.

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 quali

ty and safety of medical care for newborn infants and their families through a coordinated program of research, education, and quality improvement projects.

06/05/2026

One of the most valuable experiences at the VON Quality Congress is the time spent learning from other teams about real-world, data-driven improvement in their units. We invite you to share your improvement stories and research during the Poster Session, Saturday, November 7th.

No abstracts are required to bring a poster. Simply let us know the title of your poster and a brief description of your project by August 1st. Learn more at https://bit.ly/VONQCPosters!

Note: Teams participating in All Care is Brain Care collaborative who would like to be considered for a presentation and/or 2026 VON Award for Excellence in Quality Improvement will need to upload a digital version of their poster by September 1st.



https://bit.ly/VONQCPosters

06/03/2026

Join Dr. John Zupancic this November at the VON Quality Congress! Not only will Dr. Zupancic be presenting the Roger Soll, MD, Lecture on Evidence Based Medicine, he’ll also be at the poster session and of course the social event! You can read the whole agenda by clicking the link in our bio!



https://bit.ly/QCAgenda

NEC Awareness Month reminds us that improving outcome starts with understanding the full story behind every infant’s jou...
05/29/2026

NEC Awareness Month reminds us that improving outcome starts with understanding the full story behind every infant’s journey.

Through the Vermont Oxford network VLBW database, centers collect more than outcomes alone. Data includes important parts of the birth story-including antenatal steroids, maternal hypertension, delivery details-as well as feeding practices, NEC diagnosis, surgical interventions, and human milk feeding at discharge home. Together these data points help teams identify patterns, benchmark outcomes, and guide meaningful quality improvement efforts.

Quality improvement is not built on assumption. It's built on data collaboration and continuous learning.

Every data submission represents an opportunity to better understand that risk, evaluate practices, and improve care for infants and families across the network learn more about the VLW database at https://bit.ly/VLBW

05/28/2026

The value of in person time at conferences is hard to capture in one video...but trust us when we say the VON Quality Congress is not one to miss!

Join us in Chicago this November to share key learnings, ask questions of other centers, learn from experts on new procedures, and of course, have fun at our social event!

Registration and agenda can be found by clicking the active link in our bio!



https://bit.ly/QC26Registration

Our newest Grand Rounds Webinar is available to watch now! This webinar and discussion focuses on the use of erythropoi...
05/22/2026

Our newest Grand Rounds Webinar is available to watch now! This webinar and discussion focuses on the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (including erythropoietin and darbepoetin) for the prevention of anemia and improving neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm newborns. A simple VON log-in is required to view. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/4mfxRTt

One of VON's core values is collaboration. To us, that means collaborating with teams and the worldwide community.We ar...
05/20/2026

One of VON's core values is collaboration. To us, that means collaborating with teams and the worldwide community.

We are rooted in the idea that VON members dedicated to data-driven quality improvement have changed the landscape of neonatal care because we have created a culture of improvement together. We recently celebrated this at the NICQ homeroom onsites, where improvement stories were shared and ideas were gathered to take back to home teams.

And we believe everyone has a role in improving care. We want all our team members to come together and celebrate those successes and this improvement community. We hope you will join us in November in Chicago for the VON Quality Congress. You can read details on poster submission, agenda, and registration here: https://bit.ly/QC26Registration

Today is NEC Awareness Day, a day to pause and raise awareness to improve research, prevention, and support for those af...
05/17/2026

Today is NEC Awareness Day, a day to pause and raise awareness to improve research, prevention, and support for those affected by this severe intestinal disease. At VON, we track rates of NEC every year and while rates of these outcomes have been steady over the years, there remains variation in outcomes when sorted by race. We encourage centers to use this data for quality improvement projects to improve the care and outcomes of infants and families in the NICU.

During NEC Awareness Month, we want to highlight the rates of human milk at discharge. Looking at data from the VLBW da...
05/16/2026

During NEC Awareness Month, we want to highlight the rates of human milk at discharge. Looking at data from the VLBW database, we see that human milk rates at discharge remain low and there are disparities across race and ethnicity. Human milk is essential in the NICU and used as a preventative measure for NEC. We see there is work to be done to help improve human milk use as one path towards reducing NEC rates.

To learn more about the various VON databases, please visit: https://bit.ly/3AXoNjm

May is NEC awareness month. At VON, we monitor data for trends and identify areas for improvement. In review of data r...
05/15/2026

May is NEC awareness month. At VON, we monitor data for trends and identify areas for improvement. In review of data related to NEC, we see a decline in rates from 2010-2012, but have seen steady rates over the last few years. Research on NEC reduction strategies is ongoing and needed - there is no one single cause or one risk factor. Therefore we must monitor things such as antenatal steroids, admission temperature, and breast milk use. VON databases support data tracking and benchmarking year to year for members locally and for the network as a whole.

To learn more about our databases, please visit https://bit.ly/3AXoNjm .

05/11/2026

As we wrap up Nurses Week, we want to highlight some of the many roles nurses play on VON teams throughout the world. We could not do this work without nurses and are grateful for all they contribute to our database and quality improvement.
Nurses, looking for ways to connect with us? Here are just a few resources available to you:
✅Health Equity Toolkit
✅Grand Rounds (with CEUs!)
✅Community Forum - a place to post and search clinical questions

Need help connecting? Reach out to us! We are happy to help!

Happy Nurses Week- thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️.

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