The Neonatal Evaluation and Outcomes Network (NEON) is a voluntary regional working group collaborating to help ensure that all children born prematurely maximize their potential. This goal can be achieved, in part, through quality, comprehensive developmental follow-up care and outcomes research to continuously improve evidence-based practices.

Published guidelines recommend that infants discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) receive care in an organized follow-up program that tracks medical and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Yet there are no standardized guidelines for provision of follow-up care. NEON is working to better understand follow-up care, foster standardized practices, and inform policies that truly benefit children born prematurely and their families.

Neonatal intensive care is a remarkable success story with dramatic improvements in survival rates for preterm newborns. NEON is committed to making long-term outcomes for children born prematurely another remarkable success story.

NEON XI Conference | June 2025 | View Sessions Here