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Lead

Jennifer Goralski, MD

Aim

Increase the number of patients with cystic fibrosis transitioned from pediatric to adult care at the appropriate time.

2017 IHQI Symposium Presentation Slides

(Cystic Fibrosis Segment: 2:30:00–2:52:45 minutes of Improvement Scholars Symposium 2017)

Project Accomplishments

  • Met with the Lung Transplant Team to develop ideas for spreading the Transition program to transplant patients
  • Recognized as an approved ABP MOC Project providing Part IV credit for physicians
  • Dr. Goralski was invited to join the Transition Advisory Committee for CF R.I.S.E. to work on spread to other hospitals
  • Dr. Goralski became part of a national working group on transition through the American Thoracic Society
  • Efforts spurred the CF care team into forming a Purple Belt Team and completing a Kaizen event on clinic flow

Presentations

  • Poster presentation at the 2017 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference
  • Included as a “featured booth” at the 2017 and 2018 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference Quality Improvement Fair
  • Children’s Improvement Council (2018)

Publications

  • Manuscript describing QI efforts submitted to Pediatrics