Advancing Quality Improvement Culture among 27 Pediatric and Adult Diabetes Centers

T1D Exchange, 11 months ago 0 1 min read

Mungmode, A, Odugbesan, O, Elisha, V, Steenkamp, D, Kamboj, M, DeSalvo, D, Sonabend, R, Neyman, A, Mathias, P, Chao, L, Ilkowitz, J, Ebekozien, O.

Background: The T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative (T1DX-QI) is a learning health system of over fifty endocrinology centers working to improve diabetes outcomes through Quality Improvement (QI). Centers join T1DX-QI with varying levels of QI culture and are assigned a QI Coach to support practice transformation. This study summarizes the results of 27 endocrinology centers involved in the T1DX-QI for over 12 months.

Method: Centers completed a 20-question self-assessment survey to measure QI culture over time in four evidence-based areas: QI Team Structure (team roles); QI Foundation (data collection and training); QI Capacity (use of QI tools); and QI Success (scaling up small tests). Data was collected in 2021 and 2022 for the same centers. The overall difference in QI Capacity was calculated using a Chi-Square test.

Results: Overall, QI Culture increased from 67% to 75% from 2021 to 2022 (p-value = 0.005). Figure 1 demonstrates that improvements were seen in three of the four evidence-based areas for both pediatric and adult centers in this time.

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Tags #Journal - Diabetes 2023 #T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative #T1DX-QI Overview

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