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

Headed to the Synova Nurse Leadership Forum next week?  We would love to meet you and tell you all about our programs!  ...
04/06/2026

Headed to the Synova Nurse Leadership Forum next week? We would love to meet you and tell you all about our programs! Stop by booth 511 and hear how you can join the database, enhance your membership, hear about all of our programs, and of course, grab some fun swag! See you next week! Synova Associates

HIE Awareness Month in April honors families and survivors of neonatal/childhood Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy. This g...
04/03/2026

HIE Awareness Month in April honors families and survivors of neonatal/childhood Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy. This graph tells us the trend in therapeutic hypothermia among all infants regardless of gestational age at birth. This treatment remains the gold standard of care to treat moderate to severe HIE within the first few hours of life.
In 2024:
• 4,095 (1.8%) of 229,803 infants at centers submitting data on all NICU admissions were diagnosed with HIE
• Of the 4,095, 73.5% received therapeutic hypothermia
• Of those that were cooled:
o 19.8% had a mild level of consciousness before therapeutic hypothermia
o 57.4% had a moderate level of consciousness
o 22.8% had a severe level of consciousness
The definitions of mild, moderate, and severe can be found in the Manual of Operations.

If your center is currently only participating in the VLBW database and is interested in moving to the Expanded Database, please visit or send us a DM.

This April Fool's Day, don't let assumptions fool you.In neonatal care, what we think is happening in our units doesn't ...
04/01/2026

This April Fool's Day, don't let assumptions fool you.

In neonatal care, what we think is happening in our units doesn't always reflect reality. Meaningful quality improvement starts with understanding your outcomes, and comparing them to peers. The VON database provides centers with trusted data to inform decisions, identify opportunities, and drive measurable improvement in neonatal care.

Don't rely on assumptions...let the data guide your work.

Learn more about joining our database and taking the next step in advancing outcomes for the infants and families you serve here: https://bit.ly/3AXoNjm

April 1st is fast approaching and we have multiple opportunities for you!We would love to see you at the VON Quality Con...
03/30/2026

April 1st is fast approaching and we have multiple opportunities for you!

We would love to see you at the VON Quality Congress in November! Applications are open for different scholarships that include travel!
✨Kathy Leahy Scholarship for Nurses: Awarded to one nurse (RN or NNP) from a VON member center who is actively engaged in quality improvement projects and programs.
✨Multidisciplinary Scholarship: Awarded to one team member from a VON member center who is not an RN, MD, or family partner.
✨William H. Edwards Family Partner Scholarship: Awarded to one family member from a VON member center.
✨Global Leaders Scholarship: Awarded to one nurse and one physician from low-or-middle income countries who are actively engaged in newborn health program development and implementation.
✨ AAP/VON Scholar Award recognizes five fellows/early career neonatologists who exemplify dedication to data-driven quality improvement in the care of infants and families.

https://bit.ly/VONQC26

Additionally, applications are soon closing for the VON/NANN Case of the year! Do you have an unique or mystery case you would like to present at the NANN Conference in September? Submit an abstract for your mystery Case of the Year! https://bit.ly/VONCOY26

The VON Quality Congress is happening November 5-8th and we'd love to help get you there!  We have 4 major scholarships ...
03/27/2026

The VON Quality Congress is happening November 5-8th and we'd love to help get you there! We have 4 major scholarships available across the care spectrum.
Scholarship recipients will receive:
⭐Complimentary meeting registration
⭐Accommodation at the host hotel: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
⭐Air travel
⭐Reimbursement for ground transportation, meals, and other meeting-related expenses

Please visit https://bit.ly/VONQC26 to learn about the scholarships, application process, and more! Applications are due 4/1/26!

Today is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, a day we raise awareness about the most common lifelong motor impairment caused b...
03/25/2026

Today is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, a day we raise awareness about the most common lifelong motor impairment caused by early injury or damage to a baby’s developing brain. We track outcomes in our ELBW Follow Up Database, tracking outcomes at 3-6 and 18-26 months' corrected age.

Data on this slide data is for all evaluated infants who were 18 to 24 months at follow-up, plus or minus two months. Infants eligible to participate in the 2022 cohort of the ELBW Follow-Up Infant Project were born between January 1 and December 31, 2022 and at birth were 401 to 1000 grams OR 22 weeks, 0 days to 27 weeks, 6 days gestational age (Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns - ELGAN infants). Except where noted, comparison of 2022 data is made to aggregated data over 3 years (2020 - 2022).

To learn more, please visit: https://bit.ly/ELBWFU

03/24/2026

There’s one more full week to get your abstract in for Case of the Year, to be presented conference this September. All details can be found by clicking the link in our bio.



https://bit.ly/VONCOY26

In addition to the VLBW Database, VON also offers an Expanded Database that includes all infants admitted to center’s NI...
03/20/2026

In addition to the VLBW Database, VON also offers an Expanded Database that includes all infants admitted to center’s NICU within the first 28 days of life. This means teams can learn from data on late preterm and term infants, not just the smallest.

The Expanded Database supports:
⭐Broader benchmarking across diverse populations
⭐Research into conditions beyond VLBW care
⭐A more complete picture of neonatal outcomes

By learning from every baby, NICUs can make improvements that touch the lives of all families.

Learn more about the Expanded Database: https://bit.ly/4e9AOjR

In the NICU, better outcomes come from measurement, teamwork, and testing change-not a four-leaf clover.  This St. Patri...
03/17/2026

In the NICU, better outcomes come from measurement, teamwork, and testing change-not a four-leaf clover.

This St. Patrick's Day we're celebrating the teams who didn't wait for luck, they used data and structured quality improvement to achieve better outcomes for infants and families. Today we honor the 8 recipients of the VON Award for Excellence in Quality Improvement, whose projects demonstrate how intentional improvement can transform care in the NICU.

To read more about their inspiring work, visit https://bit.ly/49lEOyz

Attention NICU Nurses and Nurse Practitioners: Do you have an unique or mystery case you would like to present National ...
03/12/2026

Attention NICU Nurses and Nurse Practitioners: Do you have an unique or mystery case you would like to present National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) ? Submit an abstract for your mystery Case of the Year, presented by VON and NANN! Abstracts are due 4/1/26! Visit https://bit.ly/VONCOY26 to learn more and submit today!

On National Dietitian Day, we celebrate the vital role dietitians play in supporting growth, development and outcomes fo...
03/11/2026

On National Dietitian Day, we celebrate the vital role dietitians play in supporting growth, development and outcomes for babies in the NICU. At VON, we believe improving neonatal care is a team effort. That's why access to the information in the VON Portal isn't limited to physicians, nurses, or NNPs. Centers can extend access to any member of the multidisciplinary team, including dietitians, pharmacists, speech language pathologists, and others. For teams participating in quality improvement collaboratives like iNICQ or NICQ, or those accessing educational resources or even working with VON data, anyone a center authorizes can be part of the work to improve care for newborns and their babies.

To learn more on how you can be connected to your center, contact your VON team or send us an e-mail. Because better outcomes happen when the entire NICU team has a seat at the table.

With over 300 publications across a variety of topics, including this new article from Hannah Edwards  MA, MSc, et al.  ...
03/09/2026

With over 300 publications across a variety of topics, including this new article from Hannah Edwards MA, MSc, et al. This article utilizes VON data to help analyze magnesium sulfate and antenatal steroid use. To read this and all VON publications, please visit: https://bit.ly/4cQGh23

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