As topics for this month's Newsletter began to take shape, a theme emerged which captured the spirit of the season: fresh opportunities. Dive into this month's edition to discover how your center can:
Suggest topics for the 2025 annual center survey
Join a dynamic working group
Share your areas of interest for publication opportunities
Explore the story of a featured Portal user
Learn something new about a featured expert in the Collaborative
Annual Clinic Survey Proposal
We are collecting annual survey topic proposals now through Friday, May 2, 2025. These topics, coupled with the annual staffing and center demographic questions, allow us to better understand your center and to share insights in publications.
When sharing your topics, please limit them to no more than 8 questions. Questions should be multiple choice; ranking and metric tables are suggested; free text is discouraged. To submit your topics please email qi@t1dexchange.org and cc nrioles@t1dexcahnge.org and hhardison@t1dexchange.org with your ideas.
T1DX-QI Active Working Groups
T1DX-QI working groups are open to all interested Collaborative members and colleagues in your center. Join a working group and discover professional support, engage in helpful conversations, exchange proven strategies for best practices, and learn about successful quality improvement initiatives from peer centers. Please click on this link for the schedule of meetings this year.
Diabetes Distress: 4th Friday of the month from 12-1pm EST
Heatlh Care Transitions: 2nd Tuesday of the month 2:30-3:30pm EST (March, May, July, September, November) and 3rd Monday of the month 2-3pm EST (April, June, August, October, December)
Hybrid Closed Loop: Last Friday of the month from 2-3pm EST
If you would like to join one of the working groups, please contact qi@t1dexchange.org and we will be happy to add you to the meeting invites of your choosing. Thank you for your continued interest.
Areas of Interest
As we continue to disseminate as a Collaborative, it is valuable to know your areas of interest. Please use this link to let us know what topic areas you are interested in. These responses help us identify co-author and research opportunities that best align with your subject area expertise.
QI Portal User Feature
The T1DX-QI Portal has been adding features and enhancements over the years to assist you in your QI work. As a result, we thought it would be a fitting time to revisit the T1DX-QI Portal User Feature. If you'd like to be spotlighted in your very own interview, please reach out to QI@t1dexchange.org and we can share the questions with you. And, as always, signing up for the portal is fast, easy, and can be done by following this link.
Name: Allison Smego, MD
Site: University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital
What is your favorite feature in the QI Portal and why?
The Compare tab is my favorite feature on the portal as it allows our team to assess progress over time on a variety of measures. Comparing our data against others in the collaborative helps us identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
Practically speaking, which feature (in addition to the above) do you use most often and why?
The “QI Portal Library” has been very helpful to reference. It brings together articles and resources that help inform current and potential future QI projects. I especially like the change packages and QI tools.
How does the QI Portal support your improvement efforts?
The Improve function is a handy way to be sure we are keeping track of PDSA cycles (and all of the thought and planning that goes into them) over time. I even got an email reminder when I had forgotten to update on a project that I had projected would be moving toward completion.
What do you dream the QI Portal could do that it doesn’t do currently?
I think I remember reading in the past that someone suggested a “highlight reel” from the past year and I thought this was a really good idea.
Meet the Expert
Our collaborative of more than 60 endocrinology centers is fueled by some of the top leaders in diabetes care. Together, they identify gaps in care, develop and refine best practices, and share their research and learnings – driving improved diabetes care and outcomes for people with diabetes.
Meet David T. Broome, MD, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes Division and a Caswell Diabetes Institute Clinical and Translational Research Scholar at the University of Michigan who leads several NIH- and industry-sponsored clinical trials, including using novel treatments to prevent the onset of type 1 diabetes.
In this interview, Dr. Broome discusses his research, involvement with our Quality Improvement Collaborative, and hopes for the future of diabetes. Please follow this link for the full interview: https://t1dx.co/4k5jzUQ
Q&A Corner
There have been several newly asked questions on the internal member website. Please use this link to respond and see all questions.
Question:
Does anyone know if “Care Gaps” in Epic can be customized? Is it possible to add things such as back-up insulin etc for people with type 1 diabetes?
The Diabetes Education & Camping Association (DECA) unites and advances the diabetes camp community with networking, education and innovation. DECA's vision is A World Where Everyone with Diabetes has a Place to Belong! https://www.diabetescamps.org/. To find your local camp, click here https://www.diabetescamps.org/find-a-camp/.
T1D Camps RFP that is now available for all U.S. based diabetes camps to apply for camperships and more. Please find more details in the press release.
Stanford School of Medicine is inviting Physicians, CDCES and APPs who care for youth with T1D on public insurance to share their experiences. Use this link to view more information.
Upcoming Committee Calls
Please email qi@t1dexchange.org if you would like to receive the invite for any of the upcoming committee calls.
QI Champions: Tuesday April 8, 1-2pm EST
People with Diabetes Advisory: Wednesday April 9, 1-2pm EST
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