Abstracts tagged "Access to care"

Abstract Number: 0609 • ACR Convergence 2021
Challenges of Caring for Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis Experiencing Homelessness: Preliminary (12- Month) Follow-up Observations and Identification of Certain Barriers to Care
Baljeet Rai¹, Nicole Zagelbaum Ward², Abhimanyu Amarnani², Corinne Feldman², Brett Feldman² and Richard Panush², ¹LAC+USC Medical Center, Modesto, CA, ²LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Homelessness is a public health crisis. Those with housing insecurity have unique barriers to healthcare that confound their outcomes. Because of the paucity of…
Abstract Number: 0838 • ACR Convergence 2021
Predictors of Treatment for Inflammatory Arthritis with Immune Modulating Medications (IMM) in US Veterans
Tawnie Braaten¹, shaobo Pei², Anitha Rathod², Gopi Penmetsa³, Kevin Douglas⁴, Jodi Walker⁴, Jerry Clewell⁵ and Jessica Walsh⁶, ¹Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs and University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs and University of Utah Medical Centers, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵Abbvie Inc, North Chicago, IL, ⁶Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Non-treatment and treatment delays contribute to suboptimal symptom control and irreversible joint damage in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA). This investigations objective was to…
Abstract Number: 1606 • ACR Convergence 2021
Telemedicine for Rheumatology Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patient Perceptions and Preferences
Maria I. Danila¹, Kelly Gavigan², Esteban Rivera², William Nowell², Michael George³, Jeffrey Curtis⁴, Lisa Christopher-Stine⁵, Shubhasree Banerjee³, Peter Merkel³, Kalen Young⁶, Dianne Shaw⁶, Jennifer Gordon⁶ and Shilpa Venkatachalam², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the delivery of medical care and resulted in a substantial uptake in telemedicine care for patients with chronic conditions, including…
Abstract Number: 0610 • ACR Convergence 2021
Evaluating Patient No Show Rates to Rheumatology Appointments Across a Regional Healthcare System
Osman Bhatty¹, Rebecca Schorr², Tarun Sharma¹ and Mary Chester Wasko¹, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Highmark Health, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: No-show visits in various clinical settings are costly to providers and to health care systems, potentially representing between 3-14% of a clinic’s yearly income.…
Abstract Number: 1056 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characterization of the Patterns of Care, Access and Direct Costs of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Brazil: Findings from the Macunaíma Study
Mirhelen Mendes de Abreu¹, Vander Fernandes², Odirlei Andre Monticielo³, Alexandre Cristovão Maiorano¹, Fernando dos Santos Beserra¹, Flavia Rachel Moreira Lamarão⁴, Nathalie David⁴, Bruna de Veras⁴, Magda Araujo⁴, Blanca Elena Rios Gomes Bica⁵, Dalianna Luise Andrade Souto Rodrigues², Guilherme Andrade Bulbol⁶, Natalia Jardim Martins da Silva⁷, Domingos Sávio Nunes de Lima⁶ and Marta Maria das Chagas Medeiros⁷, ¹Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; MAPEAR Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ²Universidade de Cuiabá, Cuiabá, Brazil, ³Serviço de Reumatologia do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Medical Department, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁵Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁶Hospital Universitário Getúlio Vargas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, ⁷Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
Background/Purpose: This study evaluated the patterns of care, access and direct costs related to the management and treatment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)…
Abstract Number: 1623 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Presentation of JIA to Pediatric Rheumatology Care in Canada
Molly Dushnicky¹, Catherine Campbell¹, Karen Beattie¹, Roberta Berard², Tania Cellucci³, Mercedes Chan⁴, Tommy Gerschman⁵, Kristin Houghton⁵, Nicole Johnson⁶, Claire LeBlanc⁷, Lillian Lim⁸, Nadia Luca⁹, Paivi Miettunen⁶, Kimberly Morishita⁵, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier¹⁰, Dax Rumsey¹¹, Heinrike Schmeling⁶, Rosie Scuccimarri¹², Herman Tam¹³, Jaime Guzman¹⁴ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ³McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Montreal Children's Hospital/McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁸Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ¹¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹²McGill University/Montreal Children's Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹³Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁴University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the delivery of routine healthcare and clinical research around the world. Several reports have shown an impact on rheumatology…
Abstract Number: 0612 • ACR Convergence 2021
Rheumatology Care for the Underserved in Central Texas
Veena Patel, Rajvi Patel and Kevin Hackshaw, Dell Medical School - UT Health Austin, Austin, TX
Background/Purpose: Health disparities exist among the uninsured and access to rheumatology is incredibly limited to this patient population. We reside in a state without Medicaid…
Abstract Number: 1061 • ACR Convergence 2021
Comparing Consultation Patterns Across Telehealth Platforms and Face-to-Face Clinic in the Military Health System
Michael Loncharich, David DeSena, Angelique Collamer and Jess Edison, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases are often diagnostically challenging not only due to rarity, but also because symptoms can develop piecemeal before the diagnosis is clear. Access…
Abstract Number: 1749 • ACR Convergence 2021
Treatment Patterns in Latin American Patients with Lupus Nephritis over a 20-year Period
Rosana quintana¹, Jose Gomez Puerta², Guillermina Harvey³, Marina Scolnik⁴, Nidia Meras⁵, Cintia Otaduy⁶, Maria Salinas⁷, Valeria Arturi⁸, Maria Sattler⁹, Rosa Serrano Morales¹, Luciana Gonzalez Lucero¹⁰, Wilfredo Grageda¹¹, Nicolas Perez¹², Cecilia Nora Pisoni¹³, Simone Appenzeller¹⁴, Ana Silva¹⁵, Odirlei Andre Monticielo¹⁶, Henrique Moriz¹⁷, Francinne Ribiero¹⁸, Emily Figueiredo Neves Yuki Yuki¹⁹, Edgard Neto²⁰, Iris Guerra²¹, Paula Burgos²², Milena Mimica²³, Gustavo Aroca²⁴, Gabriel Tobon²⁵, Luis Gonzalez²⁶, Gerardo Quintana-López²⁷, Andres Bonfanti²⁴, RAFAEL LOPEZ²⁸, Luis Jara Quezada²⁹, Margarita Portela-Hernandez³⁰, HILDA FRAGOSO LOYO³¹, Luis H Silveira³², Ignacio Garcia-De La Torre³³, Carlos Abud-Mendoza³⁴, Jorge Esquivel-Valerio³⁵, Jonathan Losanto³⁶, Astrid Paats³⁷, JORGE CIEZA CALDERON³⁸, Manuel Ugarte-Gil³⁹, Katiuzka Zuniga Corrales⁴⁰, Roberto Munoz⁴¹, Ernesto Cairoli⁴², Gonzalo Silveira⁴³, Luis Catoggio⁴⁴, Ashley Orillion⁴⁵, Chetan Karyekar⁴⁶, Federico Zazzetti⁴⁷ and Bernardo A. Pons-Estel⁴⁸, ¹Grupo Oroño. Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ²Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Instituto de Investigaciones Teóricas y Aplicadas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadistica. Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Italiano de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁶Hospital Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁷Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁸Hospital HIGA San Martín, La Plata, Argentina, ⁹Sanatorio Británico, Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁰Janssen Cilag Farmaceutica SA, Tucuman, Argentina, ¹¹Hospital General de Agudos J.M. Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹²Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹³CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁴Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ¹⁵UFG, GOIANIA, Goias, Brazil, ¹⁶Serviço de Reumatologia do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ¹⁷Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁹Hospital Das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP, São Paulo, Brazil, ²⁰UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ²¹Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile, ²²Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²³Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile, ²⁴Clínica de la Costa Ltda., Barranquilla, Colombia, ²⁵Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia, ²⁶Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, ²⁷Reumavance Group, Rheumatology section, Department of Internal Medicine, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá University Hospital; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, ²⁸Hospital Luis Vernaza, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ²⁹Centro Médico La Raza, Mexico City DF, Mexico, ³⁰IMSS, Mexico Df, Mexico, ³¹INCMNSZ, Tlalpan, Mexico, ³²Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico, ³³Centro de Estudios de Investigación Básica y Clínica, S.C., Guadalajara, Mexico, ³⁴Hospital Central “Dr Ignacio Morones Prieto”, Unidad Regional de Reumatología y Osteoporosis, Hospital Central and Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, ³⁵University Hospital Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ³⁶Hospital de Clínicas I, San Lorenzo, Paraguay, ³⁷Hospital de Clinicas, Asuncion, Paraguay, ³⁸Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliatti Martins, Lima, Peru, ³⁹Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ⁴⁰Hospital Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ⁴¹Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ⁴²Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Centro Asistencial del Sindicato Médico del Uruguay (CASMU) and Hospital Evangélico, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁴³Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta, Argentina, ⁴⁴Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Olivos, Argentina, ⁴⁵Global Commercial Strategic Organisation, Johnson and Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁴⁶Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA, ⁴⁷Medical Affairs, Jan-Cil Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴⁸Grupo Oroo - Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex and heterogeneous autoimmune disease. Over the last decade, changes have occurred in the treatment of these patients,…
Abstract Number: 0614 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sex and Race Based Utilization of Healthcare for Ocular Inflammation and Infection: Comparing the Results from the Medicare and the IRIS Data
Krati Chauhan¹ and James T. Rosenbaum², ¹Southern Illinois University - School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, ²Departments of Ophthalmology, Medicine, and Cell Biology, Oregon Health & Sciences University and Chair Emeritus, Legacy Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Health care utilization has an impact on disease progression and outcome in rheumatologic care. Disparities based on race, sex, education and income level affect…
Abstract Number: 1062 • ACR Convergence 2021
Telemedicine Enriched Care Model to Optimize Care for Patients with Autoinflammatory Diseases
Lea Oefelein¹, Jens Klotsche², Susanne Benseler³, Jasmin Kuemmerle-Deschner¹ and Tatjana Welzel¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Reference Center, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory diseases (AID) are severe potentially life-threatening conditions requiring personalized therapy and monitoring which only few expert centers can provide. Long travel distances impede…
Abstract Number: 1853 • ACR Convergence 2021
Scleroderma Presentation in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group Indigenous Population
Curtis Sobchak, Karen Beattie and Maggie Larche, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Given the well-known burden of rheumatic disease in Canadian Indigenous populations, the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) has highlighted Aboriginal Rheumatology as an area needing…
Abstract Number: 0615 • ACR Convergence 2021
Socioeconomic Characteristics Associated with Electronic Health Care Utilization in an Urban Rheumatology Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jenna Thomason¹, Bryanna Mantilla², Alison Bays¹, Irvin Huang¹ and Grant hughes¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²George Washington University, Arlington, VA
Background/Purpose: In the US, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted increased utilization of telemedicine (TM), electronic patient portals (EPPs), and other electronic modalities of health care…
Abstract Number: 1069 • ACR Convergence 2021
Supporting Patient-Centered Care in the Pediatric Rheumatology Setting: Patient, Family and Provider Experiences with OurNotes
Uptej Khalsa¹, Rajdeep Pooni², Christy Sandborg¹, Imelda Balboni¹, Karen Wayman³ and Tzielan Lee⁴, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA, ³Stanford Children’s Health, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Health information transparency enabled by the widespread adoption of patient portals and open notes has truly transformed the way healthcare is delivered. However, broader…
Abstract Number: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2021
Family Planning while Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shannan O'Hara-Levi, Monroe, NY
Background/Purpose: Over the course of my 30+ years living with Polyarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, I have never had long term success on any one biologic treatment,…

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