2026 T1DX-QI Learning Session Abstracts

Tuesday, November 10, 1:10-2:10pm

Access to Care Health Equity; Health Literacy and Education; and SDH

• Improving Equitable Access to Advanced Diabetes Technology with Improved Show Rates to Clinic Appointments — Katie Noland, MS, BSN, RN, CDCES, CPN
• “Pumping” Our Way to Diabetes Technology Beyond the Clinic: Increased utilization of insulin pumps among youth with type 1 diabetes: an inter-disciplinary health equity collaboration — Kajal Gandhi, DO, MPH
• Improving Patient Preparedness for Insulin Pump Failure Management in Type 1 Diabetes — Hyojin Jennifer Min, PNP, PhD
• Right from the Start: Improving Glycemic Outcomes Through Standardized Diabetes Education A QI Project — Jessica Landau, DO
• Satisfaction Survey for Monthly Produce Box Delivery Program — Joseph Erardi, BS
• Striving to provide standard of care: insulin pump use by demographics — Jessica Schmitt, MD, MSHQS
• Knowledge of American Diabetes Association Glycemic Targets Among People with Diabetes and Their Caregivers — Emma Mason, MBA

Adult Diabetes Care (18+); Older Adults

• Creation and Implementation of a Standardized, Comprehensive Backup Plan in Case of Pump Failure — Jared Friedman, MD
• Redesigning Type 1 Diabetes Care Through Patient Journey Mapping and Operational Process Improvement — Deborah Plante, MD

Diabetes Comorbidities; Complications; Cardiovascular Health

• Implementing a Clinical Pathway for the Management of Dyslipidemia with Statins in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus — Tal Grunwald, MD
• Diabetes Resource Education and Management Support (DREAMS): Updates for 2020 to 2024 Cohorts — David Hansen, MD, MPH
• Improving Thyroid Surveillance in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: A Quality Improvement Initiative — Puja Singh, MD
• Implementation of Point of Care Lipid Screening in Pediatric Type I and Type II Diabetes — Jennifer Seekford, APRN
• Beyond Screening: A Multicomponent Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Albuminuria Management in Youth with Diabetes — Mili Vakharia, DNP, FNP-C, CDCES

Innovative Methodologies

• Big Goals for Little Ones: Improving Outcomes for our Youngest Patients with Type 1 Diabetes — Alyssa Dye, MD
• Initiating CGM and Electronic Medical Record Integration — Jeniece Ilkowitz BSN, RN, MA, CDCES
• CHLA Pump Sick-Day Management and Response Tool (P-SMART) — Hyojin Jennifer Min, PNP, PhD
• Tiny Hooves, Big Impact: A Nurse-Led Feasibility and Acceptability Study of the Diabetes & Equine Empowerment Program (DEEP) for Children and Adolescents with Diabetes — Jennifer Pfieffer, APRN, PCNS-BC, ESMHL
• Clinical Outcomes of a Multidisciplinary High-Risk Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Program — Shelley Watts, DO

Optimizing AID and CGM Use

• Using Quality Improvement Strategies to Advance Early Automated Insulin Delivery Initiation in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: A T1D Exchange Multi-Center Study — Timothy Bol, BA
• Improving Knowledge of Inpatient RNs in Caring for Patients Wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor — Christine Byer-Mendoza, MSN, CDCES
• Tiny Patients, Smart Pumps: Optimizing AID for Children <6 Years with T1D — Sarah R. Kelly, DNP
• Reducing Time from Diagnosis to Automated Insulin Delivery Initiation in Youth with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes: A Quality Improvement Initiative — Rachael Lee, FNP-BC, CDCES, BC-ADM
• Increasing Continuous Glucose Monitor use in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes — Neha Vyas, MD

Person Centered Care; Shared Decision Making; and Psychosocial Support

• Improving Depression Screening in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus — Siham Accacha, MD, CDCES
• Feasibility of Screening for Fear of Hypoglycemia (FOH) among Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Referred to Diabetes Coaching — Emma Edmondson, MD, MSHP
• Streamlining Medication Access for Families of Children Newly Diagnosed with Diabetes — Catherine Fox, MS, RD, CDCES
• A multidisciplinary team approach for high-risk patients with type 1 diabetes — Sophia Gutierrez, RN, BSN
• T1D Incentive Program — Shariely Russo, RN, BSN
• Establishing a Proactive Care Approach for People with Type 1 Diabetes Who Need Additional Support — Kaylynn Buxton, RN, CDCES

Prior Authorization; Gaps in Treatment

• A clinical work group drives real-time improvement in pump ordering process — Whitney Beaton, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACCNS-P, BC-ADM, CDCES
• First Year of Implementing Care Coordination to Reduce Lost to Follow-Up Rates for Pediatric Patients with Diabetes — Jack Timm, BS, MBA

T2D

• Improving Dyslipidemia Screening and Management in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes — Lara McHan, MD
• Increasing Peripheral Neuropathy Screening Rates in Youth and Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Within an Outpatient Diabetes Clinic — Jessica Johnson, ARNP, DNP, FNP-BC, CDCES
• Weekly Home Weight Monitoring and BMI Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus — Ammar Khasrachi, MD