Implementing Multidisciplinary Clinical Protocols to Mitigate Diagnosis Delays, Optimize Treatment, and Ensure Safety in Patients with

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy

Congratulations!

You’ve taken the first step for you and your practice to achieve measurable changes that will ensure your infrastructure and processes are optimized to help you adopt effective diagnostic, treatment, and coordination of care practices for patients with CIDP.

Using this simple, systematic approach to quality improvement, intended for easy access and application in any practice setting, you will have the framework and tools you need to improve guideline-recommended screening and management practices. Let’s get started!

Participate in digital QI

This digital QI is designed to be effective and as easy as 1-2-3

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Assess

To assess possible areas of improvement, you will complete an assessment that asks to what extent you or your practice:

  • identifies early signs of CIDP to prevent delays in diagnosis
  • ensures an accurate diagnosis of CIDP and its variants
  • performs guideline-recommended electrophysiologic tests to support a clinical diagnosis of CIDP
  • ensures that patients with CIDP receive guideline-recommended first-line treatment
  • implements processes and assessments to understand patients’ disability and strength impairment to guide treatment decisions
  • establishes processes to monitor treatment response and optimize therapy

You will receive a report card that summarizes your or your practice’s performance relative to areas assessed. This serves as your baseline and guides development of your personalized action items.

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Implement in Practice

Working with our expert faculty, we followed a Model for Improvement that outlines the aims of this program and its measures of success. We provide educational and practical interventions, but you can develop your own to meet your specific needs. Depending on your baseline assessment, interventions you can implement include:

  • Enhanced training
  • Communication strategies
  • Personalized action items to track based on the nuanced needs of your practice
  • Team-based approaches to address disparities
  • Patient education
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Re-assess

Once you’ve finished the interventions and have introduced the recommended process changes, it’s time to put them to the test!

  • Return to this digital QI portal after a minimum of 30 days
  • Re-assess your action plan to see what improvements were realized
  • Complete a personal reflection
  • Get your certificate

We recommend you share these findings with key stakeholders in your organization to reflect on ongoing improvements and/or future opportunities.

Faculty

Jeffrey Allen, MD Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Karissa Gable, MD Professor of Neurology
Duke University
Durham, NC
Rebecca LaRue, PharmD, BCOP (Pharmacy Planner) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Hematology/Oncology/Cellular Therapy
Team Lead Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

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