A130 TABLEAU DASHBOARD AS A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND STRATEGIC DRIVING TOOL IN THE IBD OUTPATIENT SETTING: EARLY EXPERIENCE FROM THE IBD CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL

摘要

BackgroundPrevalence of Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), the two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is accelerating with over 230,000 Canadians and 30,000 Albertans living with this disease nowadays and over 1,500 new cases occurring annually in Alberta. IBD care is characterized by high utilization of health-care services, and IBD patients’ outcomes have important implications for health, employment, quality of life and health care costs. Improving the efficiency of health care delivery in the IBD care is critical. Structure, process and outcome quality indicators (QIs) are commonly used measures to gain insight into health care organizations’ performance regarding the quality of care provided. Transparency of quality is also of great importance for informed decision-making by IBD practitioners, various stakeholders and policy makers.