NICQ 2007: Improvement in Action

Edited by Jeffrey D. Horbar, MD, Kathy Leahy and James Handyside

Vermont Oxford Network is pleased to present the eBook - NICQ 2007: Improvement in Action. This ebook is the culmination of NICQ 2007, a two-year improvement collaborative involving teams of neonatal professionals and families representing 46 hospitals in North America whose goal was always to provide care that is family centered, safe, effective, equitable, efficient, timely and socially and environmentally responsible. The chapters addressing these 7 domains were written by invited experts and illustrated with improvement stories from teams that participated in the collaborative. We hope that their stories will guide and inspire other NICU teams to make dramatic improvements for the patients and families they serve.

You can download the entire book (122 pages) or individual chapters below.

Front Material (12 pages)
Introduction (2 pages)
Chapter 1: Advancing Patient- and Family-Centered Newborn Intensive Care (12 pages)
Chapter 2: System Safety in the NICU (14 pages)
Chapter 3: Effectiveness in HealthCare (14 pages)
Chapter 4: Equitable Care in the NICU (10 pages)
Chapter 5: Improving Efficiency (10 pages)
Chapter 6: Timely Care Delivery (8 pages)
Chapter 7: First Do No Harm: Environmental Responsibility in the NICU (16 pages)
Chapter 8: Measure What Matters (24 pages)

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Conway JB, Celenza J, Abraham MR. Advancing Patient and Family Centered Newborn Intensive Care. In NICQ 2007: Improvement in Action. Horbar JD, Leahy K, Handyside J, editors. Vermont Oxford Network. Burlington, Vermont. 2010 (accessed at www.vtoxford.org on May 25, 2010)