Network Database
The Network maintains a VLBW Database for infants 401 to 1500 grams or gestational age between
22 weeks 0 days and 29 weeks 6 days who are born
at participating hospitals or admitted to them within 28 days of birth. Member
institutions also have the option of submitting data for infants weighing
over 1500 grams at birth, who are admitted to a participating hospital neonatal
intensive care unit or who die within 28 days of birth. Infants transferred
to another hospital prior to final discharge to home are tracked and their
survival status is determined.
The Database is used to provide comprehensive,
confidential reports to participating hospitals, which serve as the foundation
for local quality improvement projects, internal audit, and peer review. The
Database also provides information for use in outcomes research.
Vermont Oxford Network provides to
it's members, free of change, eNICQ software for electronic data entry
and secure submission of data files. To learn more about eNICQ, the Vermont Oxford Network software for entering and submitting
electronic data, click here.
The following figures shows the growth in the number of infants enrolled
in the Database each year since 1990 and the number of NICUS participating
in each of the years.