Quality of Care in Childhood-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Report of an Intervention to Improve Cardiovascular and Bone Health Screening.

Objective: Initial benchmarking of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) quality indicators revealed suboptimal performance across multiple centers. Our aim was to improve cardiovascular and bone health screenings at a tertiary treatment center for cSLE. This included annual measurements of vitamin D, lipid profiles, and bone mineral density through dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

Documenting Physical Therapy Dose for Individuals With Cerebral Palsy: A Quality Improvement Initiative.

Purpose: To describe the quality improvement (QI) activities used to improve treatment dose documentation for individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) and to discuss insights gained from this project.

Methods: Global and smart aims were established and interventions were tested from January 2017 through February 2018 using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. Performance was tracked overtime using run and control charts.