Quality Improvement for NICU Graduates: Feasible, Relevant, Impactful

Continuous quality improvement (CQI) has become a vital component of newborn medicine. Applying core principles – robust measurement, repeated small tests of change, collaborative learning through data sharing – have led to improvements in care quality, safety, and outcomes in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). High-risk infant follow-up programs (HRIF) have historically aided such quality improveme nt efforts by providing outcomes data about NICU interventions. Though as a discipline, HRIF has not universally embraced CQI for its own practice.
Source: Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research