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Quality Improvement Initiatives in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

This article serves as an overview of several quality improvement initiatives in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Recent Findings

IBD is associated with significant variation in care, suggesting poor quality of care. There have been several efforts to improve the quality of care for patients with IBD. Quality improvement (QI) initiatives in IBD are intended to be patient-centric, improve outcomes for individuals and populations, and reduce costs—all consistent with “the triple aim” put forth by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

Summary

Current QI initiatives include the development of quality measure sets to standardize processes and outcomes, learning health systems to foster collaborative improvement, and patient-centered medical homes specific to patients with IBD in shared risk models of care. Some of these programs have demonstrated early success in improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, improving patient satisfaction, and facilitating patient engagement. However, further studies are needed to evaluate and compare the effects of these programs over time on clinical outcomes in order to demonstrate long-term value and sustainability.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA

    Sameer K. Berry & Gil Y. Melmed

  2. Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA

    Corey A. Siegel

  3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, 8730 Alden Drive, Second Floor East, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA

    Gil Y. Melmed

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Gil Melmed and Corey Siegel serve as co-chairs of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s Quality of Care committee and are co-Principal Investigators of IBD Qorus.

Sameer Berry declares no conflict of interest.

Gil Melmed reports honoraria received from Abbvie, Celgene, Janssen, Pfizer, Takeda, Samsung Bioepis and UCB as a consultant; and grant from Prometheus.

Corey Siegel reports honoraria received from Abbvie, Amgen, Celgene, Lilly, Janssen, Sandoz, Pfizer, Prometheus, Takeda, and UCB as a consultant; grants or grants pending from CCFA, AHRQ (1R01HS021747-01), Abbvie, Janssen, Pfizer, and Takeda; fees paid by American Regent, Abbvie, Janssen, Pfizer, and Takeda for speaking for CME programs; and patents by for a “System and Method of Communicating Predicted Medical Outcomes,” filed 3/34/10, by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Siegel is an inventor.

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This article is part of the Topical Collection on Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Berry, S.K., Siegel, C.A. & Melmed, G.Y. Quality Improvement Initiatives in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 19, 41 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11894-017-0581-x

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