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Standardized Application of Feeding Evaluations Using SMART Tool
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Summary
Premature and medically complex infants have delayed development of oral feeding skills, leading to prolonged hospitalization, costs, and family stress. There is no "gold standard" infant feeding skill assessment tool for bedside clinicians. The research team developed a novel feeding skill assessment, the SMART Tool, to monitor infant feeding skill development in the neonatal intensive care unit. This study aims to determine whether this tool improves clinical outcomes, including reduced hospital days and enhanced safety and quality of infant feedings.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - 1 Year
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
3500
Start Date
2025-08-01
Completion Date
2026-07
Last Updated
2025-08-28
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
SMART Tool
The intervention in this implementation study involves (1) integrating the SMART Tool into electronic health records (EPIC), (2) educating all NICU staff (about 850 nurses, lactation consultants, speech-language pathologists, and physicians), and (3) Quality improvement to reinforce learning.
Locations (14)
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, Illinois, United States
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, Illinois, United States
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, Illinois, United States
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn)
Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge)
Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States
Aurora BayCare Medical Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States
Aurora Medical Center - Sheboygan County
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States
Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Summit, Wisconsin, United States
Aurora West Allis Medical Center
West Allis, Wisconsin, United States