Improving Neonatal Follow-up: A Quality Improvement Study Analyzing In-hospital Interventions and Long-term Show Rates.

ABSTRACT: Neonatal follow-up (NFU) clinics play an essential role in the multidisciplinary care of preterm patients. Despite the inherent value of NFU clinics, many clinical programs report poor compliance with follow-up visits. Preterm infants followed with difficulty in the long-term have higher rates of disability and lower IQ scores, even after adjustment of significant perinatal and sociodemographic variables. This quality improvement study aimed to improve the show rate for preterm infants from 60% to 80% at the initial 6-month adjusted age visit by implementing a multilevel education bundle.

Methods

Participants included neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) physicians, physician extenders, registered nurses, and parents of preterm patients admitted to the NICU who qualified for NFU. Our

SUBMITTER: Brachio SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870232 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature