Collaborative Updates - November Learning Session Call for Abstracts
The 2023 November Learning Session call for abstracts is now open! The period to submit abstracts is open from Tuesday April 4 through Friday June 16th. Please use this link to view the guidelines, sample abstract and submit.
All members are encouraged to submit abstracts. Please use this link to view the 2023 Learning Session FAQ with more information on abstract submission and session details.
T1DX-QI Internal Website
The T1DX-QI internal website houses all the resources you need for success. Here you can find committee meeting notes, job opportunities, publications, Learning Session information, 2023-2025 measures and KDD diagrams and so much more.
The website is open access, so an account is only needed if you wish to answer questions in our Q&A section. We highly encourage you to visit the website here to view all the resources and materials.
T1DX-QI Meet the Expert Series
There have been several of our Collaborative members feature in the Meet the Expert. Please use these link to check them out!
We are excited to host the ADA Faculty Breakfast Sunday June 25th 6:30-8am PST in partnership with Rady Children's Hospital. Please use this link to RSVP!
T1DX-QI will be represented by 3 oral and 12 poster presentations at the 2023 ADA Scientific Sessions in June.
Invited Oral Presentations
ADA Standards of Care and Quality Improvement
What Can Diabetes Quality Teams Learn from Engineers and Designers?
Oral Presentation
CGM initiation within 6 months of T1D diagnosis associated with lower HbA1c at 3 years (Received President Award)
Poster Presentations
Health Care Transition Practices in the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative
Reproductive health counseling in the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative (T1DX-QI)
2022 State of Type 1 Diabetes in the US: Real World T1D Exchange Multicenter Data from over 60,000 people
Incorporating Shared Decision Making (SDM) to improve adoption of Connected Insulin Pens (CIP)
Current Practices in Racial Equity—Findings from the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative (T1DX-QI)
Multi-Center Quality Improvement Project: Increasing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Screening Across Six Diabetes Centers in the United States
Provider Perceptions of Barriers and Benefits to Type 1 Diabetes Autoantibody Testing Among Patients and Relatives
Food Insecurity in People with Type 1 Diabetes and Glycemic Outcomes
Qualitative Study: Provider Awareness and Attitudes towards Type 1 Diabetes Antibody Screening
LGBTQ+ Supportive and Inclusive Care Practices in the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative (T1DX-QI)
Advancing Quality Improvement Culture among 27 Pediatric and Adult Diabetes Centers
Walking the Talk—Improving Use of the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Portal Using QI Methodology
QI Portal Plot
We are happy to share three new QI Portal updates!
NEW! View charts for HbA1c < 8%:
NEW! View data tables under Compare and Report charts:
RESTORED! You can download PDF reports to share with your colleagues and teams:
QI Portal User Feature
1. What is your favorite feature in the Portal and why?
I love being able to create reports to see how data for certain metrics are changing over time.Sometimes with running QI projects- with the small, incremental PDSA cycles, it is hard to see the impact without looking at the reports. Looking at a timeline and how the data is changing helps to connect how the QI projects are impacting our metrics over time in an easy and accessible way.
2. Practically speaking, which feature (in addition to the above) do you use most often and why?
The ranking tiles are helpful to see a snapshot of how we are doing as a site compared to the rest of the exchange, although sometimes it can be intimidating. However, I’ve found that looking at the metric tiles on the home page to see the collaboration average percent vs our own sites percent is helpful. Although we are being ranked, sometimes the ranking isn’t where we want to be, it is good to see that we are still making improvements, even if they are small right now.
Name: Alisha Virani MS, RD, CDCES, LD
Site: Grady Memorial Hospital
Years with the T1DX-QI: 2
3. How does the Portal support your improvement efforts?
The best thing about being part of the T1DX-QI is that we can see what other sites are doing to reach the collaborative’s metrics. The resource library is especially helpful to utilize when we are attempting to build further PDSA cycles that we may have not thought of prior to using the resource library.
4. What do you dream the portal could do that it doesn’t do currently?
It would be cool to add in our PDSA cycles directly into the portal so we can track data and QI projects in one place. It would be so helpful to see the reports with data and the potential reasons why our data is changing as we run QI related to these metrics.
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.
New Questions:
Question:
What QI resources and support do you have for QI efforts in your center and/or division? I recognize this will be highly variable based on clinic size and institutional resources, but I am curious about: (1) faculty support for QI efforts (FTE, protected time), (2) involvement of your clinic leadership (medical or associate medical directors) on the QI team, (3) who are the clinic/staff members on your team, (4) support and protected time for QI team members, (5) institutional resources available to you beyond your clinic or division, and (6) anything else? Please feel free to reach out individually, if more appropriate. Thank you!
Name: Jenise Wong, MD
Clinic: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Question:
Does anyone offer CGM and pump readiness classes to prepare patients for using this type of technology? If so, would you mind sharing your curriculum?
Name: Alisha Virani, MS, RD, CDCES, LD
Clinic: Grady Memorial Hospital
T1DX-QI In the News
If you or a member of your QI team were showcased in the news, celebrated a new promotion/milestones/award please share with us at qi@t1dexchange.org
Dr. Sarah Corathers was interviewed by Endocrinology Today and Helio news for her recent publication on Psychosocial Screening. Click the link to view the interview.
Here are a few opportunities shared with the collaborative.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is seeking a Pediatric Endocrinology Clinical Assistant, Associate or Full Clinical Professor. Please use this link to view the application.
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