Post-Hospital Care for the Infant with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Release Date: 2/3/23

Expire Date: 7/31/24

Webinar

This educational activity is jointly provided by the Connecticut Hospital Association and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Target audience:  Physicians, nurses, social workers, quality professionals, risk managers, healthcare executives and all healthcare professionals working with women and families impacted by trauma and addiction

Description: This presentation will review the inpatient management of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome and the transition to outpatient care. We will touch on the long-term outcomes for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome, possible interventions and the need for further study.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

1. Describe the different inpatient approaches to the management of infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS).
2. Describe the potential long-term effects of NAS.
3. Describe the potential outpatient interventions to treat infants with NAS.

Your Faculty:

Matthew Grossman, MD, Quality and Safety Officer, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital

Matthew Grossman, M.D. graduated from SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine in 2003 and completed his pediatric residency at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH) in 2006.  He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine and a pediatric hospitalist.  He has been the quality and safety officer for YNHCH since 2013 and was named the vice-chair of quality for the Department of Pediatrics in 2017.  His team was awarded the 2015 Pediatric Quality Award from the Children’s Hospital Association for their work on improving outcomes for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome and again in 2017 for their work on reducing serious safety events.