title: The Vermont Oxford Network: a community of practice.
abstract: The Vermont Oxford Network is a not-for-profit organization established in the late 1980s with the goals of improving the quality and safety of medical care for newborn infants and their families through a coordinated program of research, education, and quality improvement. In this paper the authors discuss the activities and programs sponsored by the Network to achieve those goals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA. horbar@VTOXFORD.org
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Horbar
authors.forename: Roger F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Soll
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007629:Kentucky; D009359:Neonatology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care