In Search of Excellence-The Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative

As part of its effort to improve the quality of care in the neonatal intensive care unit at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC), the unit has participated in the Vermont Oxford Network. This network tracks outcomes and pools data, allowing comparisons and benchmarking. A group of 34 nurseries fr...

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Published in:Proceedings - Baylor University. Medical Center 2001-01, Vol.14 (1), p.94-97
Main Authors: Whitfield, Jonathan, Charsha, Dianne, Sprague, Pam
Format: Article
Language:English
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Management
Medical care
Neonatal intensive care
Quality management
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Summary:As part of its effort to improve the quality of care in the neonatal intensive care unit at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC), the unit has participated in the Vermont Oxford Network. This network tracks outcomes and pools data, allowing comparisons and benchmarking. A group of 34 nurseries from the Vermont Oxford Network has collaborated in an innovative quality improvement initiative. This article describes this initiative, called the Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Collaborative 2000 project, and its impact on the neonatal service at BUMC. The project promotes the practice of 4 key habits: the habit for change, the habit for understanding the processes of care, the habit for collaborative learning, and the habit for using evidence-based practices of care.
ISSN:0899-8280
1525-3252
DOI:10.1080/08998280.2001.11927736