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Variability in the systems of care supporting critical neonatal intensive care unit transitions.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Assess practices supporting care transitions for infants and families in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using a model of four key drivers: communication, teamwork, family integration, and standardization. STUDY DESIGN:Single-day audit among NICUs in the Vermont Oxford Network Critical Transitions collaborative addressing policies and practices supporting the four key drivers during admission, discharge, shift-to-shift handoffs, within hospital transfers, and select changes in clinical status. RESULTS:Among 95 NICUs, the median hospital rate of audited policies in place addressing the four key drivers were 47% (inter-quartile range (IQR) 35-65%) for communication, 67% (IQR 33-83%) for teamwork, 50% (IQR 33-61%) for family integration, and 70% (IQR 56-85%) for standardization. Of the 2462 infants included, 1066 (43%) experienced ?1 specified transition during the week prior to the audit. CONCLUSIONS:We identified opportunities for improving NICU transitions in areas of communication, teamwork, family integration, and standardization.

SUBMITTER: Kaplan HC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359434 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Variability in the systems of care supporting critical neonatal intensive care unit transitions.

Kaplan Heather C HC Edwards Erika M EM Soll Roger F RF Morrow Kate A KA Meyers Jeffrey J Timpson Wendy W Cohen Howard H Fry Marybeth M Schierholz Elizabeth E Buus-Frank Madge E ME Horbar Jeffrey D JD

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 20200714 10

<h4>Objective</h4>Assess practices supporting care transitions for infants and families in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using a model of four key drivers: communication, teamwork, family integration, and standardization.<h4>Study design</h4>Single-day audit among NICUs in the Vermont Oxford Network Critical Transitions collaborative addressing policies and practices supporting the four key drivers during admission, discharge, shift-to-shift handoffs, within hospital transfers, and sel ...[more]

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Variability in the systems of care supporting critical neonatal intensive care unit transitions.

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Variability in the systems of care supporting critical neonatal intensive care unit transitions.

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