Abstracts tagged "Access to care"

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,…
Abstract Number: 0617 • ACR Convergence 2021
Concerns and Beliefs About COVID-19 Vaccination Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Maria I. Danila, Lesley Jackson, Amy Mudano, Giovanna Rosas, Jeanne Merchant, Jeffrey Foster and Kenneth Saag, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Alabama lags behind many other states in COVID-19 vaccination uptake and racial/ethnic minority groups face COVID-19 vaccine access disparities. Moreover, lack of vaccination access…
Abstract Number: 1075 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of an Integrated Care Management Program on Acute Care Use for Potentially Avoidable Conditions Among High-Risk Patients with SLE
Jessica Williams¹, Kreager Taber¹, Weixing Huang¹, Jamie Collins¹, Rebecca Cunningham¹, Katherine Concannon¹, Christine Vogeli², Lisa Wichmann¹ and Candace Feldman¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE are disproportionately from populations with lower socioeconomic status and poorer access to health care, placing them at risk for potentially avoidable…
Abstract Number: 0629 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient and Physician Satisfaction with Telemedicine Utilization for Delivery of Care in Patients with SLE – A Single Centre Experience
Tanmayee Bichile¹, Amanda Bembic², Susan Manzi¹ and Sonia Manocha¹, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Allgheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: COVID 19 has forced the healthcare system to utilize telemedicine to provide dependable and timely care for patients with SLE. Telemedicine has been used…
Abstract Number: 1079 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Multifaceted Approach to Increasing Enrollment and Activation of Pediatric Rheumatology Patient Portal Profiles
Y. Ingrid Goh¹, Ma'Anne Gawaran¹, Neelam Walji-Jivraj¹, Kristi Whitney², Christine O'Brien¹, Tala El Tal³, Shirley Tse², Deborah Levy¹, Brian Feldman¹, Holly Convery¹, Audrey Bell-Peter¹, Michelle Anderson¹, Lynn Spiegel¹, Dilan Dissanayake¹, Chelsea DeCoste¹, Raphael Kraus¹, Jayne MacMahon¹, Jeanine McColl¹, Alaa Shehab¹, Paul Tsoukas⁴, Linda Hiraki¹, Andrea Knight⁴, Elizaveta Limenis¹, Rayfel Schneider¹, Ruud Verstegen¹, Rae Yeung¹, Alexa Latourelle¹, Leah Moscato¹, Alisha Panjwani¹ and Ronald Laxer², ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patient portals provide patients and caregivers the opportunity to be more engaged in their healthcare, as it promotes autonomy and encourages patients and caregivers…
Abstract Number: 0112 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Randomized Trial Showing No Differences in Patient Satisfaction with Telemedicine Delivered by Phone or Video During COVID-19 in Rheumatology and Other Medical Specialty Clinics
Maria I. Danila¹, Dongmei Sun², Lesley Jackson¹, Gary Cutter¹, Elizabeth Jackson¹, Eric Ford¹, Erin DeLaney¹, Amy Mudano¹, Jeffrey Foster¹, Giovanna Rosas¹, Jeffrey Curtis³ and Kenneth Saag¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant shift to home-based telemedicine including video and phone-only visits in many medical specialties. However, patients may…
Abstract Number: 0630 • ACR Convergence 2021
Telemedicine in Rheumatology Care: A Systematic Review
Lesley Jackson¹, Timothy Edgil², Brittany Hill³, Catherine H. Smith⁴, Jasvinder Singh¹ and Maria I. Danila¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Brookwood Baptist Health, Leeds, AL, ⁴Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a dramatic uptake of telemedicine in rheumatology. Given the impact of the pandemic on care delivery, we…

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