Improving Quality of Care
ASH develops evidence-based resources and tools for clinicians to improve care in their hospital or health system.
In 2023, Blood Advances published new ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines on Thrombophilia Testing and the Management of VTE in Special Populations in Latin America. New ASH guidelines are under development, including ones on diagnosis of amyloidosis, pediatric venous thromboembolism, aplastic anemia, and acute myeloid leukemia in older adults (revision).
ASH launched the new Quality Improvement Training Institute (QITI), a 16-month, hybrid educational training program that trains clinicians to be leaders in quality improvement. QITI will welcome five multidisciplinary hematologic care teams to its inaugural cohort in 2024.
“QITI will be ASH’s first ever hematology-focused QI training program. This program will help providers understand what QI is about at its core and teach them not only how to just meet metrics, but also how to better identify and meet patient needs.”
ASH recognized Gabrielle Nguyen, MD at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, and Christina Ruiz, MD at Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California, San Diego, as the 2023 Guideline Implementation Champions at the 2023 ASH Annual Meeting. Their projects focused on improving care for people with sickle cell disease.
Consult a Colleague
ASH connected 142 clinicians with their peers to facilitate exchange of information between hematologists on complex clinical cases through the Consult a Colleague program.
VTE Thrombophilia Testing
Management of VTE in Special Populations in Latin America
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