Breakout Descriptions

Research: Research Improvement – Hardwiring your System for Results

• Discuss successful strategies for recruiting patients to participate in research studies
• Refine a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and develop a visual management system for research
• Identify strategies for engaging patients and clinicians

QI: Introduction to the Model for Improvement and Aim Setting

• Learn how to use the Model for Improvement to structure improvement efforts
• Learn how to set a SMART aim for QI projects

Data: Mastering Hospitalization Data – Improving and Future Design

• Be introduced to ImproveCareNow’s new hospitalization outcome measures and learn how they can be used to drive improvement and learning
• Explore the barriers and solutions for effectively capturing and entering hospitalization data to increase reliability and enhance population management processes

Engagement: If You Build it...They will Come – Blueprint for Successful Collaboration and Center Engagement

• Learn how to assess center readiness to collaborate with parent and patient partners
• You have parent and patient partners ... Now what???
• Create a blueprint to successfully build your center's engagement community

Clinical: Decision Making and Outcomes of Thiopurine Treated IBD Patients

• Learn about the risks, benefits, and outcomes of patients who decided to discontinue or maintain a Thiopurine for treatment of their IBD
• Understand how one care center analyzed their data on 6MP to improve the quality of care for approximately 100 patients

Other: Mental Health and IBD – Supporting Patients at Home and in Clinic

• Hear PAC members sharing brief stories about their experiences with anxiety and/or depression
• Explore how parents might discuss mental health with their child and encourage good mental health practices
• Learn what physicians have done to help PAC members manage anxiety and/or depression

Research: Recent Clinical Research Findings from our ImproveCareNow Registry Data

• Discuss successful strategies for recruiting patients to participate in research studies
• Review a refined FMEA and developed a visual management system for research
• Identify strategies for engaging patients and clinicians

Clinical: Pre-Visit Planning for Quiescent IBD Patients on Biologic Therapy

• Learn how one care center used QI tools to improve their Pre-Visit Planning processes
• Understand how a care center improved care for IBD patients who have quiescent disease and are on biologic therapy by increasing the reliability for health maintenance processes including TB Screening, Hep B Screening, vitamin D levels and Pneumococcal vaccinations

QI: Improvement Tools – Process Mapping and Simplified FMEAs

• Understand when Process Mapping and the Simplified FMEA tool can be used to support your improvement efforts
• Learn and practice applying the tools

QI: Building QI Culture — Simulation of Visual Management and Huddles

• Learn how visual management techniques can foster a culture of improvement
• Learn how to use huddles to improve communication and create a steady drum beat to drive your improvement efforts

Data: The Value of Data Quality – Why it is Important to Everyone!

• Learn about the six components of data quality
• Explore the tools and resources available to help your care center improve and sustain data quality
• Develop strategies to test by “next Tuesday”