Abstracts tagged "Access to care"

Abstract Number: 2116 • ACR Convergence 2024
Artificial Intelligence Classifier for Osteoporosis Detection from Chest Radiographs: Performance Evaluation and Literature Comparison with Quantitative Ultrasound
Miso jang¹ and Minjun Kim², ¹Promedius, inc., Seoul Chuk Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Promedius, inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is a common condition that often goes unnoticed until it results in fractures, significantly increasing morbidity and mortality rates. Recent advancements in deep…
Abstract Number: 0353 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identifying Solutions to Address Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Lupus: A Consensus-Based Approach
Joy Buie¹, Michael Fisher¹, Hannah Tlydsley², Kristen Backor² and Karen Costenbader³, ¹Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ²Charles River Associates, San Francisco, CA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Health disparities among racial and ethnic minoritized individuals living with lupus remain a critical public health concern. Challenges related to healthcare affordability, accessibility, and…
Abstract Number: 1034 • ACR Convergence 2024
Elucidating the Program Theory of a Successful Interdisciplinary Team-Based Model of Rheumatology Care: An Exploratory Case Study
Lauren King¹, Daphne To¹, Zeenat Ladak², Carrie Barnes³, Catherine Hofstetter⁴, Carter Thorne⁵, Laura Oliva⁶, Noah Ivers², Jessica Widdifield⁷ and Celia Laur², and the Canadian Rheumatology Implementation Science Team (CAN-RIST), ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ³Patient Research Partner, Toronto, Canada, ⁴OMERACT, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Newmarket Rheumatology Consultants, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁶Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Sunnybrook Research Institute / ICES / UofT Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The increasing prevalence of RMDs has resulted in a demand for care that surpasses the supply of rheumatologists, necessitating innovative care models to provide…
Abstract Number: 1324 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease – Patient Perceptions and Recommendations
Shirish Dubey¹, Abhinav Peddasomayajula², Damodar Makkuni³, Anupama Nandagudi⁴, Win Win Maw⁵ and Gouri M Koduri⁶, ¹Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, England, United Kingdom, ³James Paget University Hospital NSH FT, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom, ⁴MSEFT, Basildon, United Kingdom, ⁵Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom, ⁶Southend Univeristy Hospitals NHS Trust, Essex, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the complications of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has significant impact on morbidity and mortality. RA significantly reduces…
Abstract Number: 1923 • ACR Convergence 2024
Social Determinants of Health Documentation and Prevalence Among Rheumatology Patients Seen in a Southern Medical Center
Kate McCarty¹, Rahima Begum¹, Kiara Aaron¹, Candace Feldman² and Maria I. ("Maio") Danila³, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Social determinants of Health (SDoH) such as poverty and housing instability, influence outcomes of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMD). People with RMD…
Abstract Number: 2162 • ACR Convergence 2024
Exploring Barriers to Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Changes: Insights into Patient Concerns
Nicholas McCormick¹, Jeffrey Curtis², Amy Mudano³, Shilpa Venkatachalam⁴, Kelly Gavigan⁵, Fenglong xie⁶, Patrick Stewart⁷ and Kimberly Garza¹, ¹Auburn University, Auburn, AL, ²Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ³Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham; Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Illumination Health, Vero Beach, AL
Background/Purpose: People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often hesitate to adjust their treatment due to concerns about medication risks and benefits. This study investigates RA patients'…
Abstract Number: 0370 • ACR Convergence 2024
Adolescents’ and Providers’ Perceptions of the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Rheumatology
Julia Witowska, Brett Curtis, Melanie Donahue, Sara Platte, Rebecca Northway and Jacqueline Madison, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The transition from pediatric to adult rheumatology is a vulnerable period for adolescents and is associated with greater disease burden. Adolescents require an organized…
Abstract Number: 1038 • ACR Convergence 2024
IMPACT (Impact of eMbedded Pharmacists in an Academic Center sTudy)
Sukul Mittal¹, Prajwal Dara¹, Omkar Dhamankar², Noelle Cordova¹, Saba Mohiuddin¹, Aemen Zamir¹, Joshua Blackwell¹, Paula Mofor¹, Christian Alvarez¹, Anjali Kalra¹, Song Zhang¹, Nilofar Syed¹ and Puneet Bajaj³, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, UT, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Clinical pharmacists (CPs) embedded within outpatient clinics have revolutionized the impact of provided services and have the potential to improve various aspects of clinical…
Abstract Number: 1405 • ACR Convergence 2024
Perceived Healthcare Discrimination Among Individuals with Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis
Titilayo Adeniran¹, Bertilia Trieu², Sandra Goldsmith¹ and Laura Robbins¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal conditions, including osteoarthritis (OA), osteoporosis (OP), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and chronic pain, significantly burden individuals' health and well-being. These conditions often lead to…
Abstract Number: 1928 • ACR Convergence 2024
Utilization of Rapid Telehealth Visits by Advanced Practice Providers for New Patients Referred to a Large Academic Practice with Low Suspicion for Rheumatologic Disease
Naomi Amudala¹, Sheilagh McCauley², Andrew Kanoff³, Joelle Koplin², Peter Merkel⁴ and Ethan Craig⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ²Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Wallingford, PA
Background/Purpose: In most areas in the United States, access to rheumatologists for an initial evaluation is a major challenge resulting in long wait times for…
Abstract Number: 2175 • ACR Convergence 2024
Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic Referral Patterns at a Large Midwestern Center
Emily Fox¹, Stephanie Quinn¹, Ashley Lytch¹, Angie Williams¹, Julia Harris² and Ashley Cooper³, ¹Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ²Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ³Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Pediatric rheumatologists are facing a shortfall of providers and in multiple states, patients do not have readily accessible care for rheumatologic issues. Our clinic…
Abstract Number: 0536 • ACR Convergence 2023
Asynchronous Tele Consultation by WhatsApp Chatbot in Controlled Axial Spondyloartrhitis Patients Under Biological Therapy: Patients Perspective
Maria Luz Garcia Vivar¹, elena abad plou², Natalia Rivera³, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹, Eduardo Cuende⁴, Ana Rosa Intxaurbe⁵, Juan M Blanco Madrigal¹, Lucia Vega-Alvarez¹, Carmen Lucia Garcia-Gomez⁶, Maria Enjuanes-Noguero⁷, Olaia Fernandez-Berrizbeitia⁸, Maria Rosa Exposito Molinero⁹, Maria Esther Ruiz Lucea¹, Ignacio Torre Salaberri⁵ and iñigo Gorostiza Hormaeche¹, ¹Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ²Hospital universitario de Basurto, Bilbo, Spain, ³Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Research area, Bilbao, Spain, ⁴Basurto University Hospital, Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Basurto University Hospital, Rheumatology, Bilbao, Spain, ⁶Basurto University Hospital, Rheumatology, Terrassa, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ⁸Spanish Health Care Service, Bilbao, Spain, ⁹Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain
Background/Purpose: Before COVID pandemic, rheumatologists were not confident with telehealth for the need to adquire new technology, need of specific training and poorer reimbursement (1).…
Abstract Number: 1014 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatic Immune-Related Adverse Events Following Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy and Subsequent Referrals to Rheumatologists at a Private vs Public Medical Center in Los Angeles: Ramifications for Health Disparities
Laura Kobashigawa¹, Nicole Zagelbaum², Katherine Ruddy³, Martha Delgado¹, Baljeet Rai⁴, Victoria Gevorgyan⁵, Kiana Mortezaei⁶, William Stohl⁷ and Elizabeth Taylor-Albert MD⁸, ¹LAC+USC Internal Medicine Residency, Los Angeles, CA, ²Beverly Hills Arthritis Associates, Beverly Hills, CA, ³LAC+USC Internal Medicine Residency, Los Angeles, MD, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸University of Southern California, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) represent a breakthrough in cancer therapies. However, ICIs may be associated with significant immune-related adverse events (irAEs), including rheumatic irAEs.…
Abstract Number: 1355 • ACR Convergence 2023
Delivering Care for Pregnant Women with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases in Ireland: Current Challenges and Practices
Rebecca O'Farrell¹, Sinead Maguire², Louise Moore³, Kieran Murray⁴, Áine Gorman⁵, Elisabeth Ball⁶, Claire Riddell⁶, Madeline O'Neill⁷, Natasha Jordan⁸, Barry O'Shea⁹, Douglas Veale¹⁰, Suzanne Donnelly¹¹, Grainne Murphy¹² and Gillian Fitzgerald¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Galway, Dublin, Ireland, ²Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services, Harold's Cross, Dublin 6W, Harold's Cross,, Ireland, ⁴University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁵Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁶Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom, ⁷Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁹St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁰St.Vincent's University Hosp, Dublin, Ireland, ¹¹Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ¹²Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, ¹³University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic disease frequently affects women of childbearing age. Women with pre-existing rheumatic disease who are planning a pregnancy or develop these conditions during pregnancy…
Abstract Number: 2534 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Novel Approach for Mixed-methods Research Using Language Learning Models: A Report Using Patients’ Perspectives on Barriers to Hip and Knee Replacement
Insa Mannstadt¹, Susan Goodman¹, Mangala Rajan², Sarah Young³, Fei Wang², Iris Navarro-Millán⁴ and Bella Mehta⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: While qualitative research techniques provide valuable insights into patient experiences and perceptions, analyzing textual data from interviews can be time consuming and require multiple…

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