May

2024

Collaborative Updates

T1DX-QI 2024-2026 Committee Co-Chairs

We are very excited to announce the 2024-2026 T1DX-QI committee co-chairs. Congratulations to our incoming leaders, we look forward to their leadership and contribution. We thank the outgoing co-chairs for their selfless service in the past 2 years. Read more about the T1DX-QI committees link and email qi@t1dexchange.org if you are interested in joining any of them!

Clinical Leadership Committee Co-Chairs

Francesco Vendrame, MD, PhD, University of Miami Adult

Carla Demeterco-Berggren, MD, PhD, Rady Children's Hospital

Data Governance Committee Co-Chairs

David Hansen, MD, MPH, Upstate University Hospital

Georgia Davis, MD, Grady Memorial

Data Science Committee Co-Chairs

Nirali Shah, MD, Icahn School of Mt. Sinai Adult

Ryan McDonough, DO, FAAP, Children's Mercy

HEAL (Health Equity Advancement Lab) Co-Chairs

Selorm Dei-Tutu, MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

Ashley Butler, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

International Collaborations Chair

David Maahs, MD, PhD, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University

People with Diabetes Advisory Committee Co-Chairs

Jeneice Ilkowitz, RN, MA, CDCES, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone

Emily Coppedge, NP, Weill Cornell Medicine

Publications Committee Co-Chairs

Halis Kaan Akturk, MD, Barbara Davis Center Adult

Stephanie Crossen, MD, MPH, UC Davis Pediatrics

QI Champions Committee Co-Chairs

Lydia Holly, BSN, RN, Children' National Hospital

Blake Adams, BSN, RN, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

T1DX-QI Faculty Breakfast at ADA June 2024 RSVP

Kindly join us for T1DX-QI faulty breakfast on Sunday June 23, from 6:30-8am EST. Please use this link to RSVP on or before May 30th. Limited spots are available. Email qi@t1dexchange.org with any questions.

Announcing New Diabetes Conference!

Advancing Diabetes Equity Practice Today (ADEPT 2024)

We are very excited to share that T1D Exchange in collaboration with American Diabetes Association (ADA) will be hosting a new diabetes equity focused conference titled Achieving Diabetes Equity Practice Today (ADEPT). ADEPT 2024 will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, November 12-13 following the T1DX-QI Learning Session 2024 in Chicago, IL.

The conference objectives are to highlight equity best practices and practical strategies on all areas of diabetes, (pre diabetes, type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes, and diabetes in pregnancy). We encourage members to attend and invite your colleagues.

Use this link to view the FAQ. More details coming soon on how to register.

For additional questions please email qi@t1dexchange.org

8^th Annual T1D Exchange Learning Session 2024

The T1DX-QI November Learning Session will be held Monday, November 11, in Chicago, IL. The Learning Session will be a 1 day event this year.

Please use this link to view the FAQ. Abstract submissions are now open, please use this link to submit your abstract to share your centers work.

For additional questions please email qi@t1dexchange.org

University of Pittsburgh Grand Rounds

Thank you to the University of Pittsburgh adult and pediatric teams for inviting Dr. Ebekozien to deliver April 2024 grand rounds and for hosting Dr. Ebekozien and Nicole Rioles.

Margaret Zupa, MD,MS, Osagie Ebekozien, MD, MPH, CPH, Alissa Guarneri, MD, MBOE, Ingrid Libman, MD, PhD, MPH Nicole Rioles, MA

T1DX-QI Coordinating Center New Team Member

The T1DX-QI Coordinating Center would like to welcome Dhruvi Vora to the team.

Dhruvi holds a B.S. in Informatics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and brings with her valuable experience as a Research Informatics Associate with Foghorn Therapeutics. With expertise in database management, data manipulation, statistics, and data visualization, Dhruvi is well-equipped to make a significant contribution to the QI and Population Health team.

QI Portal Plot

We are excited to share two new updates in the portal.

In the Report and Compare tabs, metrics are now grouped by theme, for easy selection.
Under the Improve, project metrics can now be listed as ‘other’ with these current options for QI Project documentation. Additionally, project metrics and QI project details can now be adjusted to support the evolution of the project.

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:

I’m reaching out to inquire about partner organization’s experiences/ best practices related to CDCES guidelines for pattern review and insulin dose adjustments for patients. Currently, our MDs and APRNs own all dose adjustment responsibilities and we are hoping to shift to the CDCES team. Any insights into strategies for successful implementation would be greatly appreciated

Name: Amy Poetker, MS, RD, CDCES

Clinic: Cincinnati Children’s

Question:

For the pediatric centers: Currently at Cook the diabetes educators take any urgent call from Friday at 5pm-Monday at 8am and will also do inpatient education for newly diagnosed patients. I am trying to change the call portion and wanted to see if anyone had information I can benchmark from.Who is responsible for your weekend and holiday diabetes calls? Do the CDCES, fellow’s, endocrinologist, triage nurses (used for PCP or all specialties) take calls?
Additionally, how do you handle new onsets on weekends and holidays? Do the diabetes educators perform new onset education on the weekends and holidays? Thank you!

Name: Stephanie Ogburn, BSN, RN, CDCES

Clinic: Cook Children’s

Question:

For those who do electronic completion of PHQ, do you include question 9 (re SI) or do you only include 1-8 and ask 9 in person?

Name: Grenye O’Malley, MD

Clinic: Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai

Congratulations

We are excited to share that Dr. Brian Miyazaki has been promoted to Director of QI at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Dr. Miyazaki has been a champion for QI in endocrinology at CHLA and we are very excited to see him continue these efforts hospital wide. Congratulations Dr. Miyazaki!

Events & Reminders

Upcoming Opportunities

Children with Diabetes Fellows Program is now accepting applications to attend Friends for Life, July 9-14 in Orlando Florida. Selected Fellows will have travel, lodging, and registration costs covered. Please use this link to learn more and apply.