Virtual Visits for Developmental Screening in High-Risk Infants.

Introduction: The High-Risk Infant Follow-Up program screens neonatal intensive care unit graduates for developmental delays and refers patients to physical, occupational, or speech therapy. At Kaiser Permanente Downey, the High-Risk Infant Follow-Up program assessed development via video visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study compares rates of enrollment in and referral to therapies and California Regional Center services between infants assessed by video visits and those assessed in person.

Discontinuation of Car Seat Tolerance Screening and Postdischarge Adverse Outcomes in Infants Born Preterm.

Objective: To study the association between discontinuing predischarge car seat tolerance screening (CSTS) with 30-day postdischarge adverse outcomes in infants born preterm.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study involving all infants born preterm from 2010 through 2021 who survived to discharge to home in a 14-hospital integrated health care system. The exposure was discontinuation of CSTS.

Trends in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Utilization in a Large Integrated Health Care System.

Importance: There are few population-based studies addressing trends in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission and NICU patient-days, especially in the subpopulation that, by gestational age (GA) and birth weight (BW), might otherwise be able to stay in the room with their mothers.

Objective: To describe population-based trends in NICU admissions, NICU patient-days, readmissions, and mortality in the birth population of a large integrated health care system.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cohort study was conducted using data extracted from electronic medical records at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) health care system.