Quality Improvement in Diabetes Care: A Review of Initiatives and Outcomes in the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative

What is it about?

Despite immense strides in therapeutic advances, clinical outcomes continue to be less than ideal for people with type 1 diabetes. This discrepancy has prompted an outpouring of quality improvement initiatives to address the medical, psychosocial, and health equity challenges that complicate ideal type 1 diabetes care and outcomes. This article reviews quality improvement (QI) initiatives in the United States that have been implemented to improve care delivery and health outcomes in type 1 diabetes. Evaluation of the methodology and knowledge gained from these initiatives will highlight the importance of continued QI initiatives in diabetes care.

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