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.
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.
Standardized Application of Feeding Evaluations Using SMART Tool
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Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Illinois, United States, 60010
Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60617
Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Illinois, United States, 60123
Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, Illinois, United States, 60048
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn), Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States, 60453
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge), Park Ridge, Illinois, United States, 60068
Aurora Medical Center Grafton, Grafton, Wisconsin, United States, 53024
Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, 54311
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, 53142
Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53233
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Wake Forest University Health Sciences,
Ravi Mishra, MBBS, MD, STUDY_CHAIR, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Elizabeth Jensen, MPH, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Joseph Chase, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Advocate Aurora Research Institute
Anne Albi, BS, MS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Cynthia Lira-Crame, BSN, MSN, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
2026-07