Vermont Oxford Network (VON)
About Membership in Vermont Oxford Network (VON)
As a center dedicated to continuous improvement, West Jefferson Medical Center is a member of Vermont Oxford Network (VON), a worldwide community of health care professionals and families dedicated to improving the quality, safety, and value of care for newborn infants and families. VON, a nonprofit collaboration, facilitates the world’s largest databases of practices and outcomes for neonatal care and supports data-driven quality improvement, education, and research.
Through participation in a VON database, West Jefferson Medical Center
receives reports documenting patient characteristics, treatment practices,
morbidity, mortality, and length of stay. The reports help the NICU team
track performance over time to benchmark against previous years, subgroups
of similar centers, and the network as a whole. This information informs
quality improvement projects for the interdisciplinary team as they strive
to provide every infant and family the best start to life.
By participating in VON, West Jefferson Medical Center also helps contribute to improving neonatal care around the world, as the information supports research, evidence-based practices, and quality improvement at more than 1,400 VON member centers worldwide.
