T1D Exchange QI Collaborative is excited to be hosting the 9th Annual 2025 Learning Session in Atlanta, GA and virtually in partnership with the Journal of Diabetes. The event will be hosted November 11-12, 2025. Join us for this impactful conference where T1D Exchange brings together members from the Collaborative to share insights, celebrate progress, and drive innovation in diabetes care!
2025 Learning Session - Call for Abstracts!
T1D Exchange has opened a call for abstracts for the November Learning Session. We invite QI Collaborative clinics to submit abstracts based on both T1D and T2D topics. Selected abstracts will be considered for publication in the Journal of Diabetes, as well as for oral or poster presentations at the November Learning Session.
Please use this link to submit an abstract before: August 1, 2025. The link also includes a list of topic areas of interest and provides guidance on JOD formatting requirements.
ADA Scientific Sessions Recap
At the ADA Scientific Sessions in Chicago, we shared our work to advance diabetes care in 13 posters and presentations, covering topics from CGM adoption in people with T2D using GLP-1s to real-world insights into mental health, screening, and health equity.
From left to right: Ori Odugbesan, MD and Trevon Wright, T1D Exchange QI, with Nana Jones, MD, Cincinnati Children's, last month at the ADA's 85th Scientific Sessions in Chicago.
T1DX-QI New Team Member
Claire Rainey recently joined T1D Exchange as a Quality Improvement (QI) Analyst. She graduated from Elon University in May 2025 with a B.A. in Statistics and Public Health and a minor in Economics. During her time at Elon, Claire conducted research in the Statistics Department, completed practicums in both Statistics and Public Health, and tutored student-athletes in Statistics and Economics. She also studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark where her coursework focused on comparing European and American healthcare systems and included clinic visits in Denmark, Estonia, and Finland. Claire brings a strong foundation in data analysis and public health, and as someone living with type 1 diabetes, she is especially passionate about
contributing to T1D Exchange’s mission. Outside of work, she enjoys staying active at the gym and traveling to connect with friends and family.
QI Portal Users 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.
Names: Kristina Cossen, MD
Site: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
What is your favorite feature in the QI Portal and why?
I have always enjoyed the Comparison Dashboard. Being able to compare our site to similar practices highlights the opportunities within our clinic for improvement. We also use it when we have clinical questions or uncertainty about our patient population. Being able to track the patient outcomes overtime is great to see if your QI projects have unanticipated benefits.
Practically speaking, which feature (in addition to the above) do you use most often and why?
I have recently started focusing on using the IMPROVE function. I find how the QI tracking is displayed for cycle monitoring helps me focus the next steps in our projects. It is also helpful to see what other groups are working out outside my small work groups!
How does the QI Portal support your improvement efforts?
The IMPROVE function is so simple to use and track data. I like being able to have the project parts delegated and documented all in one place.
What do you dream the QI Portal could do that it doesn’t do currently?
I would like to see if the QI Portal has the option to notify you of significant changes within your population, either positive or negative. I think this would bring issues (or successes) to attention faster!
Q&A Corner
There have been several newly asked questions on the internal member website.
Question:
How often do members of the Collaborative ask their pediatric patients to complete a depression screening?
Name: Barbara Liepman RN MS CDCES CHWC
Clinic: UCSF Health | Benioff Children's Hopsitals
Question:
How do you all handle your overnight calls? With difficulties in fellowship recruitment, our attendings take 1st call from the hospital, ER and the floor. We have a nurse line for our parent calls so that has reduced some burden. Is anyone using APPs or an Endo nocturnist for overnight hospital calls?
Name: Abha Choudhary, MD
Clinic:University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Peds
Please reach out to Abha Choudhary directly at
abha.choudhary@utsouthwestern.edu to respond to her question.
Meet the Expert
Meet Andrea Mucci, MD, MASc, MEd, a pediatric endocrinologist at Cleveland Clinic Children’s and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Dr. Mucci also serves as the Medical Director for the Klinefelter Syndrome Clinic at Cleveland Clinic Children’s.
In this interview, Dr. Mucci discusses her involvement with the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative and her career as an endocrinologist focused on T1D, medical education, and transition medicine.
Please email qi@t1dexchange.org if you would like to receive the invite for any of the upcoming committee calls.
QI Champions: Tuesday July 8, 1-2pm EST
People with Diabetes Advisory: Wednesday July 16, 1-2pm EST
HEAL: Thursday July 17, 1-2pm EST
Data Governance: Thursday August 14, 11-12pm EST
Clinical Leadership: Friday September 5, 11-12pm EST
Data Science: Tuesday August 19, 2-3pm EST
Work Groups:
Diabetes Distress: 4th Friday of the month from 12-1pm EST
Health 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
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