March 

2024

T1DX-QI Call for Interest in Special Projects

T1DX-QI has three optional upcoming projects and one training opportunity that are open to interested and qualified centers. Pease see below the different projects and use this link to view the details of the projects.

If interested please complete the respective project survey below by April 5, 2024.

1. Health Equity Best Practice Advisory Project

2. T1D Screening and Monitoring QI Project 

3. T2D Pediatric QI Working Group 

4. 4T New Onset Remote Monitoring QI Workshop

Committee Co-Chair Nominations

We would like to thank all the current Co-Chairs for all their contributions over the last two years. Their term will end May 30th. 

Clinical Leadership: Todd Alonso, MD (Barbara Davis Center) and Devin Steenkamp, MBChB (Boston Medical Center)

Data Science: Joyce Lee, MD, MPH (C.S Mott Children's Hospital) and Marina Basina, MD (Stanford University)

Data Governance: Daniel DeSalvo, MD (Texas Children's Hospital) and Carol Levy, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai)

Publications: Shideh Majidi, MD (Children's National) and Shivani Agarwal, MD, MPH (Albert Einstein)

Advisory: Amy Ohmer and Jeff Hitchcock

New Co-Chairs will begin their term June 1st.  Please use this link to submit your nomination. Nominations will close March 15th. 

To learn more about the committees and view the charters please use the following links and email qi@t1dexchange.org with any questions. 

Clinical Leadership Committee
Data Science Committee
Data Governance Committee
Publication Committee
Advisory Committee
QI Champions
Health Equity Advancement Lab

T1DX-QI 2023 Invoice Due

Please reference your Statement of Work signed with T1DX-QI. Most centers have a stipend payment for the period through 12/31/2023 now due. Please submit an invoice promptly so that we can process and pay.

Invoices for deliverables due in December 2023 will be accepted through 2/28/2024. T1D Exchange closes its financial books for calendar year 2023 by 3/1/2024, therefore, we need to receive your invoice BEFORE 2/28/2024 for payment to be made.

Invoices should be sent via email attachment

To: t1dxap@t1dexchange.org

CC: nrioles@t1dexchange.org

linda.crasco@t1dexchange.org

rweathers@t1dexchange.org 

2024 ATTD Presentations

Title: Type 1 Diabetes Glycemic Outcomes Are Improving: Real World Data of Over 80,000 People in the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative 

Title: Ranking of Actors Considered Important by Diabetes Providers Before Recommending Automate Insulin Delivery Systems

View all 82 manuscripts and 190 conference abstracts using this link!

QI Portal User Feature 

Name: Candice Williams

Site: Cook Children's Medical Center

Years with the T1DX-QI: 3

1. What is your favorite feature in the QI Portal and why?
   
   

   The Reports feature is by far my favorite because of the ability to analyze the date for specific measures. These simple charts help to clearly show our team where we are doing well and where can place more attention.

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2. Practically speaking, which feature (in addition to the above) do you use most often and why?
   
   

   Practical must equal efficient for me, so the Dashboard would have be what I use most often. It allows a quick glance of the clinic metrics and good reminder of direction of our progress. Looking forward to getting all our “arrows up”!

3. How does the QI Portal support your improvement efforts?
   
   With a recent transition to a new EMR and large patient census, we did not have the capabilities that the QI portal offers. Now, with a couple clicks, I am able to show our team specific measures regarding our families with diabetes and ultimately improve their care.
    
4. What do you dream the QI Portal could do that it doesn’t do currently?
   
   It would be nice to see more information about “Excluded Patients” and the top three data measures that excluded them. As a fairly new site, we are still working to fine tune our reporting. I also love the library; keep adding relevant articles as they arise.

Log into the portal today to view all the amazing benefits mentioned above!

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.

Congratulations!

We would like to congratulate Dr. Sarah Corathers  for her recent promotion to  Associate Chief of Staff – Ambulatory Specialty .

We know that she will be an excellent leader and champion in this new role.

Congratulations Dr. Corathers on a job well done!

Congratulations!

We would like to congratulate the Cincinnati Children's team for their recent news feature for their mobile care unit. Use this link to read the full story!

Congratulations!

We would like to congratulate Dr. Grace Nelson for her promotion to  Clinical Director. 

We know that she will lead with excellence and strengthen QI effort in her practice. 

Congratulations to Dr. Nelson for a job well done!

Congratulations!

We would like to congratulate Dr. Shivani Agarwal and Dr. Osagie Ebekozien for their recent cover story in Healio. In this article they discuss the address equity in CGM use and bring a call to action for community support. 

Use this link to read more!

Events & Reminders 

Upcoming Opportunities 

Here are a few opportunities shared with the Collaborative. 

• Pediatric centers are invited to complete this survey by March 30, 2024 on your practice/program's structure, organization, volume, and services and the workload for different team members. The goal is to use this data to estimate the per patient costs of pediatric diabetes care. The accuracy of the data is critical for valid bundled costing and further advocacy for global payment reimbursement. We ask for one submission per center. A  $200 stipend in appreciation of your time.

Internal Member Website Resources

Next Collaborative Call

Combined Call: Thursday April 18th 11-12:30pm EST