STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the March 2010 issue of the journal Clinics in Perinatology provides Neonatologists and Maternal-Fetal-Medicine specialists with the tools and concepts necessary to understand Quality Improvement (QI) methodology and to initiate QI projects within their own practices and neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). This issue comes at an important time for physicians when participation in quality initiatives is being recognised as a core of their medical career.
Guest Editors Dr. Alan R. Spitzer and Dr. Dan L. Ellsbury have invited some of the world’s foremost QI leaders to share their expertise on a variety of topics addressing the tools and specific applications of Quality Improvement methodology in Neonatal-Perinatal practice. The issue includes articles on topics such as ‘Crossing the Quality Chasm’ in neonatal and perinatal care; QI methodologies and measurement; human factors related to QI; using evidence-based medicine; the role of data collection; tools for ‘Meaningful Use’; quality-assurance procedures; pay for performance; and collaboration between obstetricians and neonatologists. Various QI programmes and resources offered by Pediatrix Medical Group, the Vermont Oxford Network, and the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative are also reviewed. Specific applications of QI practices are covered in articles addressing the improvement of outcomes and delivery room interventions, comprehensive oxygen management for the prevention of retinopathy of prematurity (COMP-ROP), the use of human milk, decreasing central line associated infections, and improving chronic lung disease.
Published quarterly by Elsevier, each issue of Clinics in Perinatology focuses on a single topic relevant to practice. Comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews by experts in the field provide current, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the mother, fetus, and neonate.
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