A multi-modal quality improvement initiative is a proven way to standardize your organization’s approach to pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic care for infants exposed to opioids. Valuable tactics of large and small system change include stakeholder engagement where physician leaders are essential to the process and aid in setting priorities, strategies and best practices for better outcomes.
Standard work processes help sustain improvements when multidisciplinary teams identify strategies to increase access to care, coordinate services, improve provider awareness and develop appropriate training for those caring for pregnant and postpartum women and infants impacted by these substances. By using the fundamentals of quality improvement, providers are able to harness powerful tools that accelerate change.