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ImproveCareNow has officially endorsed the 2018 Crohn’s & Colitis Congress™: A Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Partnership.

LOOP is the official blog of ImproveCareNow and home of #myICN stories. The blog, which features stories and insights from patients, parents, clinicians, researchers and improvers, was recently included in a listing of the Top 10 Crohn’s disease blogs by Medical News Today.

We believe that many of the most innovative and potentially high-impact ideas for improving pediatric IBD care are likely to come from those living with the condition daily. Because of this, ImproveCareNow has launched the ImproveCareNow Patient and Parent Innovation Fund. The awardees for the pilot year of this program have now been announced!

The ImproveCareNow web and research teams have been working hard the last couple months to bring new features to our website, making it easier to learn about and connect with ImproveCareNow research. Below are a few of the highlights. 

We know that many of the most innovative and potentially high-impact ideas for improving pediatric IBD care are likely to come from those living with the condition daily. Because of this, ImproveCareNow is pleased and proud to announce the launch and pilot year of the ImproveCareNow Patient and Parent Innovation Fund.

On July 19, 2017 the Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation announced that Dr. Lee Denson, Director of the Schubert-Martin IBD Center at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, a founding member of the ImproveCareNow Network, was selected as a recipient of the 2017 Sherman Prize for significant achievements in advancing research and innovative care models that have improved the health and wellness of millions of Americans living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, also known as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

ImproveCareNow is a collaborative community where clinicians, researchers, parents, patients, and improvers are empowered to learn and continuously improve to bring about more reliable, proactive IBD care, and healthier children and youth. We are pleased to share our Annual Update, which includes highlights and achievements from 2016 and plans for our continued work to improve care and health for kids with IBD in 2017 and beyond.

In 2016 ImproveCareNow:

LOOP is the official blog of ImproveCareNow and home of #myICN stories. The blog, which features stories from patients, parents, clinicians, researchers and improvers, was recently recognized as one of the top 100 Crohn’s blogs on the web by Feedspot.

In August funding was announced for a study examining the effectiveness of the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) in reducing symptoms in pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis using a combination of “N of 1” methods and mHealth technology. This study has been named by the ImproveCareNow community.

The COMBINE Study is now officially enrolling eligible patient participants. COMBINE is a research study looking to answer an important question: For kids with Crohn’s disease who need to start an anti-TNF medication (Remicade or Humira), does adding another medication called Methotrexate lead to better outcomes?