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ArticlePediatric quality & safety

Improving Delivery of Care through Standardized Monitoring in Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

Monica Shukla-Udawatta, John Russo, Lauren Gunderman, Haley Pearlstein, Eric Wood, Brendan Boyle, Elizabeth Erwin

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Article in Pediatric quality & safety. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Dynamic Evolution of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monica Shukla-UdawattaDivision of Gastroenterology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
John RussoDivision of Gastroenterology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Lauren GundermanDepartment of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Haley PearlsteinDepartment of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Eric WoodQuality Improvement Services, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Brendan BoyleDivision of Gastroenterology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Elizabeth ErwinDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Nationwide Children's Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, antigen-driven disorder for which endoscopic monitoring and multidisciplinary care are recommended to achieve histologic remission. The EoE team at our large academic center developed a quality improvement (QI) initiative aimed to reduce variability in monitoring. This QI project focused on completing 3 process metrics within 6 months of diagnosis: (1) outpatient follow-up with a gastroenterologist; (2) referral to an allergist; and (3) Follow-up esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).

methodsIn January 2015, our QI team developed a registry of newly diagnosed EoE patients and maintained ongoing, weekly tracking of the process measures. Interventions to increase the completion of the process metrics included educational sessions, proactive reminders to providers, and targeted communications with patient families. Missed opportunities were evaluated by more in-depth chart review and categorized as provider- or patient-driven.

resultsWe tracked 6-month process metrics from 2015 through 2018. During this interval, follow-up visit rates in GI improved from 77% to 86%, and the percentage of referrals placed to allergy increased from 65% to 77%. The percentage of patients completing a repeat EGD improved from 33% to 61%. Among patients without a repeated EGD, nearly 70% of those missed opportunities were provider-driven.

conclusionsIn patients newly diagnosed with EoE, QI interventions, including patient registry development, implementation of a local standard of care, and creating a patient tracking system, improved adherence with national EoE monitoring guidelines.

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