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Abstract Number: 1587 • ACR Convergence 2020
Improving Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in an Internal Medicine Resident Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Anna Falls¹, Peta-Gay Ricketts¹, Kelli Fox¹, Teresa George¹ and Chelsey Petz¹, ¹OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Its risk in RA…
Abstract Number: 1586 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rheum Service: Comprehensive Virtual Care During COVID-19
Stephanie Gottheil¹ and Joseph Carson¹, ¹London Rheumatology, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: During COVID-19, patients require timely access to rheumatologists while adhering to physical distancing guidelines. In this quality improvement project, we developed a comprehensive virtual…
Abstract Number: 1592 • ACR Convergence 2020
Improving Documentation of Smoking Cessation Counseling Among Spondyloarthropathy Smokers
Yusuf Chao¹, Jake Hutto², Elena Joerns², Rashmi Arora³, Una Makris¹ and Swathi Reddy³, ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Division of Rheumatic Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Veterans Affairs North Texas Healthcare System / UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Smoking is prevalent among patients with spondyloarthropathies (SpA) and is associated with higher disease activity, poorer quality of life, and dampened response to biologic…
Abstract Number: 1594 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hydroxychloroquine Prescribing Habits and Provider Opinion on Dosing Guidelines in the Rheumatology and Dermatology Practices of an Academic Institution
Rebecca Overbury¹, Jakrapun Pupaibool², Christopher Hansen² and Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina², ¹University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: One rare but devastating adverse event related to the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is retinal toxicity. Retinal toxicity rates from HCQ can be as…
Abstract Number: 1589 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Initiative to Improve Timely Glucocorticoid Tapering in Vasculitis
Arielle Mendel¹, Daniel Ennis², Shirley Lake³, Simon Carette⁴ and Christian Pagnoux⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Vasculitis guidelines recommend scheduled glucocorticoid (GC) tapering to avoid toxicity. In an audit of 130 consecutive new patients on GC assessed in our tertiary…
Abstract Number: 1584 • ACR Convergence 2020
Telemedicine Visits During COVID-19 Improved Clinic Show Rates
Reem Alkilany¹ and Raymond Hong², ¹MetroHealth medical center, lakewood, OH, ²Metrohealth Medical center, Richfield, OH
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously affected the healthcare sector. State of Ohio officials recommended to hold in-person outpatient visits and elective procedures to limit…
Abstract Number: 1597 • ACR Convergence 2020
Use of a Clinical Dashboard Improves the Documentation of Disease Severity Scores and May Facilitate the Implementation of Treat to Target Therapy
Taylor Nelson¹, Gary Kunkel² and Grant Cannon², ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, ²Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) management guidelines recommend the collection of Disease Activity Measures (DAMs) to direct therapy as a component of a “treat-to-target” (T2T) strategy. …
Abstract Number: 1600 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationship Between Electronic Health Record Vendor and Performance on Patient-reported Outcome Quality Measures in the ACR’s Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Nevin Hammam¹, Gabriela Schmajuk², Jing Li³, Michael Evans¹, Julia Kay¹ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Routine collection of disease activity and patient reported outcomes (PROs) such as functional status assessment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are nationally endorsed quality measures…
Abstract Number: 1601 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pilot Testing Supports Utility of a Point-of-Care Dashboard to Enhance Patient and Clinician Partnerships in the Management of RA
Stephanie Mathew¹, John Mecchella¹, Lisa Johnson², Aricca Van Citters², Stacy Courtnay³, Jennifer Marden⁴, Jabeen Ahmad², Guy Eakin⁵, Eugene Nelson², Salahuddin Kazi⁶ and Scott Pompa¹, ¹Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, ³Patient Partner, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Patient Partner, Lebanon, NH, ⁵Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Veterans Affairs North Texas Healthcare System / UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Increasing evidence exists that health outcomes are improved when people living with a chronic condition partner with their clinicians to coproduce their care based…
Abstract Number: 1596 • ACR Convergence 2020
Coproduction of Care for Veterans with RA: Improving Elicitation and Documentation of Patient Goals
Swathi Reddy¹, Kyawt Shwin¹, Rashmi Arora¹, Sarah Homann², Lisa Johnson³, Yusuf Chao⁴, Aricca Van Citters³, Brant Oliver⁵, Guy Eakin⁶, Eugene Nelson³, Andreas Reimold¹ and Salahuddin Kazi¹, ¹Veterans Affairs North Texas Healthcare System / UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System / Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, ⁴UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁵The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice / Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Fellowship in Healthcare Quality & Safety, Lebanon, NH, ⁶Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Coproduction of healthcare services offers a pathway to increase patient engagement in care. Patients and clinicians coproduce care by working together to: (1) co-assess…
Abstract Number: 1607 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effectiveness of Dietary Counseling on Gout Management and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Gout Patients
Juliana Chang¹, Jonathan Tsui² and Maida Wong³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, ²Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory arthritis globally. Despite treatment advances, the prevalence of gout has continued to increase over the last several decades.…
Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rheumatology Practice: A Study in 15 Arab Countries
Nelly Ziade¹, Ihsane Hmamouchi², Lina El Kibbi³, Nizar Abdulateef⁴, Hussein Halabi⁵, Fatemah Abutiban⁶, Wafa Hamdi⁷, Manal el Rakawi⁸, Mervat Eissa⁹ and Basel Masri¹⁰, ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Temara Hospital, Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical Research and Epidemiology (LBRCE), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, ³Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁵King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Jaber Alahmed Alsabah hospital, State of Kuwait, Jahra, Kuwait, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Kassab Institute of orthopedics, UR17SP04, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia, ⁸Departement of Rheumatology, Douera Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saad Dahlab, Blida, Algeria, Blida, Algeria, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁰Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Background/Purpose: To date, information about the impact of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic on rheumatology practice and on rheumatologists is limited.The primary objective of the…
Abstract Number: 1599 • ACR Convergence 2020
Workflows for Collecting and Using Patient-reported Outcomes Across Rheumatology Practices
Meera Subash¹, Kimberly DeQuattro², Sonam Choden³, Lucy Liu⁴, Puneet Bajaj⁵, Christie Bartels⁶, Jennifer Barton⁷, Bonnie Bermas⁸, Maria (Maio) Danila⁹, Julianna Desmarais¹⁰, Christina Downey¹¹, Sancia Ferguson¹², Sarah Goglin¹³, Margaret Guthrie¹⁴, Irum Jan¹⁵, Nikila Kumar¹⁶, Shraddha Prakash¹⁷, Kimberly Reiter¹⁸, Elizabeth Wahl¹⁹, Elena Weinstein²⁰, JoAnn Zell²¹, Gabriela Schmajuk²² and Jinoos Yazdany², ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, ⁴Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, ⁵UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI, ⁷VAPORHCS/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁸UTSouthwestern.edu, Dallas, TX, ⁹University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ¹¹Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA, ¹²University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Oakland, CA, ¹³University of California San Francisco, Burlingame, CA, ¹⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, DIv. of Clinical immunology & Rheum., Birmingham, AL, ¹⁵VA Albuquerque, Albuquerque, ¹⁶Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., San Jose, CA, ¹⁷Oakcare Medical Group, Pleasanton, CA, ¹⁸Albuquerque VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, ¹⁹VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, ²⁰University of Colorado, Englewood, CO, ²¹University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ²²University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA
Background/Purpose: The use of patient reported outcomes (PROs) during rheumatology visits may facilitate shared decision making and encourage patients to share their health goals. However,…
Abstract Number: 1491 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of a Leaky Gut but Not Microbial Dysbiosis with Obesity-related OA: A Translational Study
Richard Loeser¹, Liubov Arbeeva¹, Kathryn Kelley², Anthony Fodor³, Shan Sun³, Veronica Ulici⁴, Lara Longobardi², Yang Cui², Susan Sumner², Andrea Azcarate-Peril², Balfour Sartor², Ian Carrol² and Amanda Nelson¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Brown University, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: To test the hypothesis that an altered gut microbiota (dysbiosis) plays a causal role in the obese OA phenotype (obesity with both hand and…
Abstract Number: 1366 • ACR Convergence 2020
Secukinumab Improved Signs and Symptoms in Patients with Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Randomized Controlled Phase III Study Stratified by Baseline Objective Signs of Inflammation
Juergen Braun¹, Ricardo Blanco², Helena Marzo-Ortega³, Lianne Gensler⁴, Filip Van den Bosch⁵, Hideto Kameda⁶, Denis Poddubnyy⁷, Marleen van de Sande⁸, Anna Wiksten⁹, Brian Porter¹⁰, Santiago Moreno⁹, Abhijit Shete⁹, Hanno Richards⁹, Sibylle Haemmerle⁹ and Atul Deodhar¹¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, and Ruhr-University Bochum, 44649 Herne, Germany, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³The University of Leeds, Leeds Institute for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Amsterdam UMC, AMC/University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁰Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) is often determined on the basis of objective signs of inflammation (elevated C-reactive protein [CRP] and/or evidence of sacroiliitis…

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