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.

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

We are pleased to announce 4 scholarship opportunities across the care spectrum for the VON Quality Congress, happening ...
03/06/2026

We are pleased to announce 4 scholarship opportunities across the care spectrum for the VON Quality Congress, happening in Chicago, IL on November 5-8!

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!

Stay tuned for conference registration, opening in May!

Did you know? It is possible to see your data over time more often than annually. Annual reports are valuable for lookin...
03/03/2026

Did you know? It is possible to see your data over time more often than annually. Annual reports are valuable for looking at long-term trends, but they aren’t always enough. Sometimes, NICUs need to see what’s happening in real time to drive change. That’s why VON offers Time Series Reporting — discharge date–based data that allows centers to view outcomes on a rolling, more specific timeline. This flexibility means your team can detect trends sooner, test changes, watch for practice drift, and measure improvement without waiting for year-end reports. This additional reporting tool is free of charge to our members.

Explore Time Series Reporting by visiting: https://bit.ly/VONTimeSeries

At Vermont Oxford Network, our commitment to health equity includes examining how immigration status functions as a soci...
02/27/2026

At Vermont Oxford Network, our commitment to health equity includes examining how immigration status functions as a social determinant of health. Dr. Jeffrey Horbar, VON CEO, outlines why this issue matters-not only broadly, but within the NICU, where policies and lived experiences directly affect the families we serve. As neonatal clinicians, continued learning is essential to providing informed, equitable care.

Read the full statement at: https://bit.ly/3MvJV6G

With the ever changing landscape of neonatal care, we join organizations across NICU and OB services to help standardize...
02/25/2026

With the ever changing landscape of neonatal care, we join organizations across NICU and OB services to help standardize shared language for our smallest patients. We invite you to take a survey to help guide workshops, quality improvement, and naming of this subset of ELBW infants. Click https://bit.ly/surveyELBW to participate.

The recording of our February Grand Rounds webinar, Transfusion Thresholds, is now available!  With a simple VON log in ...
02/23/2026

The recording of our February Grand Rounds webinar, Transfusion Thresholds, is now available! With a simple VON log in (if you do not have one, click "register new user") you will have access to this recording as well as other past recordings.

Be sure to save the date for our 3 other Grand Rounds in 2026. The next one is May 6, 2026 and will cover EPO! Please visit https://bit.ly/4mfxRTt to learn more about this recording and future webinars.

The On with VON series of podcast episodes, with The Incubator Podcast, will, follow VON Grand Rounds webinars to dive d...
02/20/2026

The On with VON series of podcast episodes, with The Incubator Podcast, will, follow VON Grand Rounds webinars to dive deeper into audience questions and other details of the webinar topic.

In this premiere episode of On with VON, Hosts Dr. Ben Courchia and Dr. Daphna Yasova Barbeau sit down with Dr. Roger Soll and Dr. Bob White, to explore the critical "Evidence to Practice" gap in the NICU environment. From debunking misconceptions about retinopathy to optimizing design for family integration, this discussion offers actionable insights for every bedside clinician.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking https://bit.ly/ONwithVON1 .

02/19/2026

Did you know, with a simple VON log in, you have access to a variety of health equity resources? Please visit our website to learn more about how VON can help your team best serve your infants and families.

https://bit.ly/32HGi3h

Health and well being are largely determined by race, ethnicity, income, immigration status, and local neighborhood. The...
02/18/2026

Health and well being are largely determined by race, ethnicity, income, immigration status, and local neighborhood. The effects are pronounced for infants in NICU care. At VON, we provide a variety of free resources to help your teams best serve your families. This includes:
⭐Potentially Better Practices
⭐Toolkits
⭐Case Studies
⭐Screening for Social Determinants of Health

Please visit https://bit.ly/32HGi3h to learn more about these resources, available via a simple log in.

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33 Kilburn Street
Burlington, VT
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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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