February 11

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Meeting Purpose

To kick off planning for the 2026 Skin-to-Skinathon and introduce a new meeting format.

Key Takeaways

• Event Expansion: The 2nd annual Skin-to-Skinathon will run for the entire month of August, replacing last year’s single-week format to provide more flexibility for the 35+ participating hospitals.
• Communication Overhaul: A new Google Groups system has access issues. The leadership team will troubleshoot and use direct email blasts for minutes and invites in the interim.
• New Meeting Format: Monthly meetings now include 30–45 minute breakout sessions for focused work on Staff Education, Parent Education, Research & QI, and Communication & Marketing.
• Critical QI Goal: A major group goal is to advocate for electronic skin-to-skin documentation at all sites. This is a critical step for enabling research into the “dose effect” of skin-to-skin care, as only 33% of sites currently have this capability.

Topics

Event & Timeline

• Event: The 2nd annual CHD Multi-Center Skin-to-Skinathon.
• Participants: 35+ hospitals in CICUs and step-down units.
• Timeline:
  • Jan–Mar: Site team organization, leadership outreach, resource sharing.
  • Apr–Jul: Staff education and event promotion.
  • Aug: The Skin-to-Skinathon.
• Website: The central hub for resources. Site leaders should review the Canva templates early to allow time for customization.

Communication & Logistics

• Google Groups: The new system has access issues (e.g., “no permission” errors), preventing delivery of minutes and forms.
  • Interim Fix: Leadership will use direct email blasts for minutes and invites.
  • Troubleshooting: The leadership team will work to resolve the Google Groups issues.
• Resource Sharing: To help new sites, the team is collecting examples of 2025 activities and updated holding and/or SSC protocols.
  • Action: Email resources to sarah.russell@nemours.org.
• Swag: A new, streamlined ordering process via Bonfire will replace last year’s centralized method.
  • New Items: Sweatshirts, hoodies, and badge reels were requested.
  • Timeline: The store will open around May/June to ensure timely delivery for August.

Breakout Session: Communication & Marketing

• CNOC Website Link: Explore linking Skin-to-Skinathon content to the new CNOC patient-facing website.
• SV1/NPCQIC Submission: Submit a proposal for the upcoming spring learning sessions to raise the event’s profile within the Cardiac Networks United community.
• Social Media:
  • Issue: The event hashtag was not easily searchable last year.
  • Solution: Explore using direct tagging instead of just a hashtag.
  • Future: Connect with Elizabeth Rose, who is leading a new CN3 social media project.

Breakout Session: Parent Education

• Identified the need for materials that outline simple, meaningful tasks parents can do at the bedside and how they promote bonding, neurodevelopment, and healing
  • Skin-to-skin, Reading, Singing/talking, Positive touch, Play and Interaction
• Educational Material on Parent self-care
  • Taking breaks, managing stress/guilt, nutrition/rest
• Noted that families often receive large amounts of written handouts, which can be overwhelming and the challenges with language barriers and health literacy. Explore other educational formats
  • Photo-based guides, short educational videos, social stories, visual step-by-step materials
  • Look into bedside demonstrations, reels, under a minute type videos
  • Use the website other social platforms so they are available both inpatient and once discharged
• Discussed providing age-appropriate bonding and developmental activities for families while their child is hospitalized (infant, toddler, child, adolescent)?
• Wait to few educational material sent in from other centers to move forward with planning

Breakout Session: Staff Education

Breakout Session: Research/QI

• Amy Jo Lisanti provided a great summary of the survey from last year and the status of that manuscript. Several people who participated in the skin-to-skin-a-thon are working on this project. 
• This year, our major goal is improving documentation of skin-to-skin in the chart so that we can have better data for future studies. (Could be great QI at individual hospitals)
• Our long term goal right now is supporting a point prevalence study (possibly in 2027), but that will take IRD, DUA, etc. 
• We are going to focus our energy on getting the research from the last skin to skin a thon out and getting documentation in the chart this year. 

Next Steps

• Leadership Team:
  • Troubleshoot Google Groups access issues.
  • Send meeting minutes and the March 11 calendar invite via direct email.
  • Post the meeting recording to the website.
• Sarah Russell:
  • Compile and share electronic documentation examples from contributing sites.
• Heather Watson:
  • Investigate linking Skin-to-Skinathon content to the CNOC website.
  • Forward the SV1/NPCQIC submission email to the leadership team.(done)
• Caitlyn:
  • Finalize the Bonfire store with new swag options (sweatshirts, hoodies, badge reels).
  • Open the store for orders around May/June.
• All Site Leaders:
  • Email 2025 activities and updated holding and/or SSC protocols to sarah.russell@nemours.org.
  • Advocate for electronic skin-to-skin documentation at your institution.

Action Items

• Collect swag preferences in chat; share w/ Caitlin – WATCH (5 secs)
• Troubleshoot Google Groups access; send minutes + recording link to all via email – WATCH (5 secs)
• Collect Epic/Cerner skin-to-skin charting examples from sites; compile resource for Mar mtg – WATCH (5 secs)
• Send Mar 11 4pm mtg invite to all by Feb 14 – WATCH (5 secs)
• Heather Discuss CNOC website linking w/ Nadine, Cindy, Ruggles; report back – WATCH (5 secs)
• Forward SV1/NPCQIC Spring Learning Sessions CFP – WATCH (5 secs)
• Research badge reels/lanyards; Caitlyn – WATCH (5 secs)
• Caitlyn Share swag design files (SVG/JPEG) w/ Shannon + group – WATCH (5 secs)