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Abstract Number: 2044 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trying to Improve Care: A Review of the Morbidity and Mortality Conference in the Division of Rheumotology
Michelle Batthish¹, Shirley Tse², Brian M. Feldman³, G. Ross Baker⁴ and Ronald Laxer⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The morbidity and mortality conference (M&MC) is one of academic medicine’s most visible fora for discussion of adverse events and errors; however it is…
Abstract Number: 2045 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment Patterns and Monitoring of Serum Uric Acid Levels in a Large Cohort of Gout Patients in the United States: Is There Room for Improvement?
Yong Chen¹, Kasem S. Akhras², Michael Grabner¹, Rima H. Tawk³ and Ralph Quimbo¹, ¹HealthCore, Inc., Wilmington, DE, ²Global Outcomes Research, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Deerfield, IL, ³Center for pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Currently, there are no guidelines in the United States on monitoring serum uric acid (sUA) levels in gout and gout treatment patterns. However, there…
Abstract Number: 2046 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Matching of Patients’ Actual and Desired Roles in Treatment Decision Making and Trust in Physicians
Akiko Aoki¹, Akiko Suda², Shouhei Nagaoka³, Mitsuhiro Takeno⁴, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo⁴, Tatsuto Ashizawa⁵, Osamu Takahashi⁶, Sachiko Ohde⁷ and Sadayoshi Ohbu⁸, ¹General Medicien, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ²Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵General Medicien, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Chuo-ku,Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Center for Clinical Epidemiology, St. Luke's Life Science Instutute, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Center of Clinical Epidemiology, St.Luke's Life of Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Shared decision-making (SDM), in which the physician and patient work together through all phases of the decision-making process, has been of increasing significance. But…
Abstract Number: 2047 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of a Rheumatology Consultation Service in Hospitalized Patients
Shirley L. Chow¹, Dafna D. Gladman² and Heather McDonald-Blumer³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Medicine/Rheum Box 11, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists provide hospital in-patient consultation for urgent and emergency referrals. In an increasingly cost-conscious, accountable, and integrated health-care system, the appropriate role of specialty…
Abstract Number: 2048 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Four Physician Global Assessments for Overall Status, Inflammation, Damage, and Unexplained Symptoms Are Useful in Usual Care of Patients with Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Spondyloarthropathy, As Well As Rheumatoid Arthritis
Isabel Castrejón¹, Martin J. Bergman² and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, PA
Background/Purpose: A physician global estimate (DOCGL) is important in clinical decisions concerning patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and often is the most efficient of the…
Abstract Number: 2049 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination and Documentation for Immunosuppressed Patients At a University-Based Rheumatology Clinic
Christine Peoples¹, Rohit Aggarwal¹, Heena Sheth², Aarat Patel³, Daniel Lupash⁴, Christine McBurney¹, Ashima Malik¹, Swati Modi¹, Ximena D. Ruiz⁵ and Douglas W. Lienesch¹, ¹Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Adult/Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines recommend that all immunosuppressed patients receive the pneumococcal vaccine. The American College of Rheumatology Task Force Panel…
Abstract Number: 2050 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Are Patients Meeting the Updated Physical Activity Guidelines? Physical Activity Participation, Recommendation, and Preferences Among Adults with Rheumatic Diseases
Victoria L. Manning¹, Michael V. Hurley², David L. Scott³ and Lindsay M. Bearne⁴, ¹Academic Department of Physiotherapy, Health and Social Care Research Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²School of Rehabilitation Sciences, St George's University of London and Kingston University, London, United Kingdom, ³King's College London, Department of Rheumatology, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Academic Department of Physiotherapy, Health and Social Care Research Division,, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Physical activity (PA) reduces disability, comorbidity, and risk of premature mortality in people with rheumatic diseases, and clinical guidelines recommend that PA should be…
Abstract Number: 2051 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Standardized Data Collection Supports Reliable Reporting of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Measures for the Medicare Physicians’ Quality Reporting System
J. Timothy Harrington¹, George Reed², Katherine C. Saunders³, Lisa Lemire⁴, Aimee Whitworth⁴, Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁵ and Joel M. Kremer⁶, ¹Joiner Associates LLC, Madison, WI, ²Division of Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ⁴CORRONA, Inc., Southborough, MA, ⁵New York Hospital for Joint Disease, New York, NY, ⁶Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: The Medicare Physicians' Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program encourages physicians to measure and report clinical processes and disease outcomes that correlate with quality care,…
Abstract Number: 2052 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Community Characteristics On Quality of Care in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Edward H. Yelin¹, Laura Trupin², Chris Tonner³ and Jinoos Yazdany², ¹Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In prior studies we established that living in communities of concentrated poverty was associated with fewer physician visits and select SLE outcomes after taking…
Abstract Number: 2053 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tele-Rheumatology: The Future Is Now
Daniel Albert¹, Krista Merrihew² and Sarah Pletcher³, ¹Rheumatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ²Rheumatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ³Tele-Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Access to rheumatologic consultation is limited by available expertise due to inadequate manpower and maldistribution of resources. Rural New England is particularly challenging because…
Abstract Number: 2054 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety of Joint and Soft Tissue Injections in Patients On Warfarin Anti-Coagulation
Richard Conway¹, Finbar (Barry) D. O'Shea², Gaye Cunnane³ and Michele Doran³, ¹Rheumatology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Rheumatology Dept, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Dept of Rheumatology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Joint and soft tissue injections are commonly performed in clinical practice. An increasing number of patients are prescribed warfarin. Joint and soft tissue injections…
Abstract Number: 2055 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TEAM-Managed Care of Biological Patients At A Canadian Centre
Melissa Deamude¹, Dawn Heap², Melanie Kanellos², Debbie Kislinsky³, Kathy Kislinsky¹, Cynthia Mech⁴, Helena Ross¹, Peggy Saldanha³, Lauri Vanstone⁵, Kathleen Brown⁶ and William G. Bensen⁷, ¹Dr. William G. Bensen, Rheumatology Health Team, St. Joseph's Hospital Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Dr. Bensen's Rheumatology Clinic, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Dr. William Bensen Rheumatology Clinic, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Dr. William G. Bensen, Rheumatology Health Team, Dr. Bensen's Rheumatology Clinic, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Dr. William Bensen Rheumatology Biologic Clinic, Rheumatology Health Team, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Dr. William Bensen Rheumatology Clinic, Rheumatology Health Team, St. Joseph's Hospital Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Managing complex arthritic patients with biologics is exacting and time consuming. As a result in January 2008 we established a separate biologic clinic with…
Abstract Number: 2056 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness of a Focused Educational Intervention in Improving the Supplementation of Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency
Candice Low¹, Richard Conway², Gaye Cunnane³, Michele Doran³ and Finbar (Barry) D. O'Shea¹, ¹Rheumatology Dept, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Dept of Rheumatology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are important clinical states with the potential for adverse skeletal and non-skeletal consequences. In our experience the management of…
Abstract Number: 2057 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of the Adherence to the Monitoring of Glucocorticoid Eye Toxicity and of the Prevalence of Cataracts and Glaucoma Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Linda Carli¹, Chiari Tani¹, Francesca Querci², Alessandra Della Rossa¹, Sabrina Vagnani³, Anna d'Ascanio⁴, Rossella Neri⁵, Antonio Tavoni⁶, Stefano Bombardieri³ and Marta Mosca¹, ¹Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, PISA, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, PISA, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, PISA, Italy, ⁵University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Dept of Internal Medicine, Immunoallergology Unit, Department of Internal Meicine, University of Pisa, PISA, Italy
Background/Purpose: Cataracts and glaucoma are among the main causes of impaired visual acuity and have a prevalence respectively of 9-17% and 1-2% among subjects older…
Abstract Number: 2058 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences in Psychological Characteristics Between Patients with Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis
Panagiota Tsitsi¹, Athina Theodoridou¹, Foteini Lada¹, Konstantinos Papanikolaou², Despina Dimopoulou¹, Georgios Garyfallos³, Alexios Benos⁴ and Alexandros Garyfallos⁵, ¹4th Department of Internal Medicine,Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²Psychiatric Hospital of Petra Olympus, Katerini, Greece, Katerini, Greece, ³2nd Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁴Department of Hygiene, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁵4th Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University, Hippocratio Hospital, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University, Hippocratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Background/Purpose: Both rheumatoid (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) seem to have a negative impact on patients’ psychological status mostly due to the chronic character of…

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