Improving Clinical Remission Rates in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Previsit Planning

"PVP [previsit planning] for management of a chronic disease in pediatrics is feasible, even in a high volume practice. Initiation of this process at MGHfC has resulted in the improvement of care provided to children and adolescents with IBD. The primary goal of increasing clinical remission rate from 77% to greater than 80% within one year of initiating PVP was achieved."

Improving Clinical Remission Rates in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Previsit Planning
JR Savarino, JL Kaplan, HS Winter, CJ Moran, EJ Israel
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2016;5: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u211063.w4361

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The impact of nurse-led annual telephone follow-up of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

"Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are characterised by periods of disease activity and period with disease in remission. In Denmark all patients are seen in hospital settings. The aim of this study was to introduce a nurse-led phone service for stable patients replacing annual visits."

The impact of nurse-led annual telephone follow-up of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

P Bager
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2014;3: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u206365.w2574

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Inflammatory bowel disease audit reports

"Patients are experiencing differences in the quality of care and treatment they receive for Ulcerative Colitis (UC) according to the latest round of results from the UK Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) audit."

Inflammatory bowel disease audit reports
Royal College of Physicians, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
June 2014

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