Abstracts tagged "Access to care and rheumatologic disease"

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…