iNICQ Creating Standard Processes Collaborative (2008-2009)
A Vermont Oxford Network Internet Collaborative
We are pleased to announce Creating Standard Processes, the next in a series of successful iNICQ
Internet Improvement Collaboratives, under the leadership of Jeffrey D. Horbar, MD and James Handyside.
Designed for multidisciplinary NICU teams, the series will help your team:
- Improve and standardize key NICU processes
- Create and use new tools to support standard work
- Learn to make your NICU processes
- Family Centered
- Safe
- Equitable
- Effective
- Efficient
- Timely
- Socially and environmentally responsible
- Receive continuing education credits, CMEs and nursing contact hours
The series will be an interactive, working collaborative, not just a series of passive lectures.
Prior to each Internet session, your team will receive structured prework to help you prepare.
The Internet sessions will include plenary presentations by expert faculty and case studies from
real NICU teams like yours. Each session will last 90 minutes. Teams watch the presentations over
the Internet and listen to and participate in the discussion via a speakerphone. Teams of any size
are welcome. Larger teams generally meet in a conference room where the presentation is shown using
a digital projector. Following the each session we ask you to schedule an additional 30 minutes to
stay together and work on structured exercises designed to move your improvement work forward. A
dedicated email discussion list open to all participants will provide an additional forum for discussion
and faculty support.
The iNICQ Collaborative will consist of two parts. By the end of Part 2 your team
will have improved and standardized at least two key NICU processes and started your evolving
NICU Playbook. Although teams may join for Part 2 if space permits, we recommend that you consider
signing up for the entire integrated series.
We look forward to working with you and your team!