Abstracts tagged "Access to care"

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: 0406 • ACR Convergence 2024
Delayed Diagnosis and Accrual of Joint Damage in Incident Cases of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Anna Costello¹, Cassandra Muir¹, Rui Xiao², Pamela Weiss³ and Irit Rasooly¹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Timely diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) enables early initiation of therapy, prevents accrual of joint damage, and improves outcomes. Data regarding the diagnostic…
Abstract Number: 1041 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Theory of Change for Patient-Initiated Follow-Up Care in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Manuel Ester¹, Krista White², Kiran Dhiman², Saania Zafar², Alexandra Charlton³, Glen Hazlewood⁴, Gabrielle L. Zimmermann⁵, Alison Hoens⁶, Sarah L. Manske⁷, Diane Lacaille⁸, Mark G. Perry⁹, Megan R.W. Barber¹⁰, Aurore Fifi-Mah⁴, Niki Panich¹¹, Monika Szpunar¹², Karen Then¹³, Kelly Osinski¹⁴, Shakeel Subdar¹⁵, Hafsah Al-Azem¹⁶, Michelle Jung¹⁶ and Claire Barber⁴, ¹McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Arthritis Research Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgaru, AB, Canada, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit – Learning Health System Team, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta; 6. Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Arthritis Research Canada; Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Plymouth; Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Arthritis Research Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹²Arthritis Research Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁴Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁵Temerty School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Timely, high-quality care is critical to effective rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management. Due to the resource-intensive nature of routine lifelong follow-ups and rheumatologist shortages, RA…
Abstract Number: 1714 • ACR Convergence 2024
Avoidable Hospitalizations by Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study Using Administrative Data
Dani Contreras¹, Claire Barber¹, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta², Hude Quan¹, Seungwon Lee¹, James King¹ and Cheryl Barnabe¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are conditions where appropriate access to ambulatory care can reduce hospitalizations. People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at higher…
Abstract Number: 1929 • ACR Convergence 2024
Use of Digital Health Tools for Health Promotion Among Individuals with Rheumatologic Diseases in the United States
Ufuoma Mamoh¹, Soziema Salia¹, Alejandro Jaller¹, Comfort anim-koranteng², Joshua Halliday³, Joseph Atarere⁴, Ted Akhiwu¹ and Indira Acharya¹, ¹Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Harlem Medical Center, Harlem, NY, ³Grreater Accra Regional Hospital, Accra, Ghana, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologic diseases (RDs) significantly impact the quality of life, cause significant socioeconomic burdens, and increase the risk of other systemic diseases including cardiovascular disease,…
Abstract Number: 2179 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Diagnostic Concordance Between Telehealth Encounters and In-Person Follow-up Assessments in Pediatric Rheumatology
Laura Aisenberg¹, Irit Rasooly¹, Pamela Weiss², Jon Burnham³ and Anna Costello¹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, PA
Background/Purpose: In early 2020, much of the country’s pediatric rheumatology practice shifted to a telehealth model secondary to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. During this discrete period,…
Abstract Number: 0546 • ACR Convergence 2024
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Impact of Implementing an Automated Inflammatory Back Pain Screening Tool on the Identification of Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Community Rheumatology Practice
Nehad Soloman¹, Jawad Bilal² and John Tesser³, ¹Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Glendale, AZ, ²Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, PC, Tucson, AZ, ³Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Phoenix, AZ
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting 1.4% of the US adult population. The leading clinical symptom of axSpA is chronic inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 1043 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Prospective Study on Early Diagnosis of Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases Using an Enhanced Online Questionnaire System (RhePort 1.3)
Cay von Der Decken¹, Stefan Kleinert², Matthias Englbrecht³, Kirsten Karberg⁴, Georg Gauler⁵, Susanna Spaethling-Mestekemper⁶, Christoph Kuhn⁷, Wolfgang Vorbrueggen⁸, Martin Welcker⁹ and Peter Bartz-Bazzanella¹⁰, ¹Klinik für Internistische Rheumatologie, Rhein-Maas-Klinik Wuerselen, Würselen, ²Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie - Nephrologie (PGRN), Erlangen, Germany, ³Freelance Healthcare Data Scientist, Eckental, ⁴Rheumatologisches Versorgungszentrum Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, ⁵rheumapraxis, Osnabrück, Germany, ⁶Rheumapraxis Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany, ⁷Praxis für Rheumatologie, Karlsruhe, Germany, ⁸Verein zur Foerderung der Rheumatologie e.V, Wuerselen, Germany, ⁹Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum für Rheumatologie Dr. M. Welcker GmbH, Planegg, Germany, ¹⁰Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Wuerselen, Germany
Background/Purpose: The RhePort system, accessible via "www.RhePort.de" and featuring an integrated questionnaire with a specialized algorithm, aims to facilitate the early diagnosis of inflammatory rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 1744 • ACR Convergence 2024
Artificial Intelligence: A Novel Tool in the Belt for Improving Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes in the National Health Service, United Kingdom
Urwah Ahmed¹, Katharine Kalap² and Hilary Johnson³, ¹Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Aylesbury, United Kingdom, ²Princeton University, Princeton, ³Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Earlier diagnosis and treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) improve patient outcomes including pain, disability and overall mortality (NICE, 2024). The National Institute for Health…
Abstract Number: 1933 • ACR Convergence 2024
Telemedicine for Under-resourced Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Views and Experiences of Patients and Rheumatology Health Care Professionals
Sebastian Bruera¹, Savannah Bowman¹, Keshia Ferguson¹, MaryJo Maliekel¹, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo², Maria Suarez-Almazor³, Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁴, Jinoos Yazdany⁵ and Sandeep Agarwal¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ⁵UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of knowledge regarding the benefits and limitations of telemedicine in patients with SLE, particularly in those with under-resourced backgrounds. We…
Abstract Number: 2192 • ACR Convergence 2024
Utilizing Electronic Health Record Pre-Consultation Data to Create a Predictive Algorithm for Diagnosis of Chronic Pediatric Rheumatic Conditions
Kendra Lauer¹, Kyla Driest², Laura Pratt³ and Alysha Taxter², ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Dublin, OH, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: With the current workforce shortage, wait times for initial consultation with pediatric rheumatology are lengthy and many referrals do not result in a rheumatic…

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