Stakeholder Engagement in Type 1 Diabetes Research, Quality Improvement, and Clinical Care

KEY POINTS

The integration of stakeholder engagement in diabetes research, quality improvement (QI), and clinical care is growing.
Many funding organizations promote partnerships with key stakeholders in the planning and conduct of research to ensure that research outcomes match the values of the patient and provider communities.
The creation of family and youth stakeholder committees has furthered the integration of the patient and caregiver voice in implementation and dissemination of research findings
in the clinical setting. The T1D Exchange QI Consortium is an example of a national QI organization that has fostered a strong Patient/Parent Advisory Committee that contributes
to research design, implementation, and dissemination of research findings.