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#475 - đźź  [CHNC 2026] - Can You Prove Your Commitment to Quality Without the Data?

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Send us Fan Mail What does it take to back up a claim that your NICU delivers the highest quality of care? Recording live at the CHNC Symposium in Denver, Daphna reunites with Dr. Rune Toms, system chief of neonatology at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and The Incubator’s very first guest. He explains why Nicklaus is joining the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium, and how its data on complex level IV patients goes beyond what other networks capture. He describes neonatal care as a chain, ...

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