Northeastern Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative

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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in Infants

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Data

• NAS Driver Diagram and Measures

• PA PQC Data Portal Login

• Tableau Dashboard Login 

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Goals

• Increase reliable screening of opioid-exposed newborns

• Increase use of non-pharmacological treatment for opioid-exposed newborns

• Decrease length of stay for newborns with NAS

• Increase breastfeeding among mothers with opioid use disorder

• Increase well-child visits attended among newborns with NAS

• Decrease preventable Emergency Room visits and hospitalizations among newborns with NAS    

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Resources

• National Collaborative on Maternal Opioid Use Disorder

• Positive Predictive Value of Administrative Data for NAS 

• A Novel Approach to Assessing Infants with NAS (Eat-Sleep-Console)

Quality Improvement Materials

• PA PQC VON NAS information

• VON Dat Quality Audit Info

• VON Toolkit and Champion Webinars

• Login for VON NAS Universal Training