Abstracts tagged "Access to care"

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…
Abstract Number: 0537 • ACR Convergence 2023
Asynchronous Teleconsultation by WhatsApp Chatbot in Controlled Axial Spondyloartrhitis Patients Under Biological Therapy as a More Sustainable Model Than Face-to-face Classical Consultation
Natalia Rivera¹, elena abad plou², Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa³, Eduardo Cuende⁴, Ana Rosa Intxaurbe⁵, Juan M Blanco Madrigal³, Lucia Vega-Alvarez³, Carmen Lucia Garcia-Gomez⁶, Maria Enjuanes-Noguero⁷, Olaia Fernandez-Berrizbeitia⁸, Maria Rosa Exposito Molinero⁹, Maria Esther Ruiz Lucea³, Ignacio Torre Salaberri⁵, iñigo Gorostiza Hormaeche³ and Maria Luz Garcia Vivar³, ¹Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Research area, Bilbao, Spain, ²Hospital universitario de Basurto, Bilbo, Spain, ³Basurto University Hospital, 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, telehealth use for the followup of rheumatic disease patients had been limited, but nowadays it appears as a more sustainable model…
Abstract Number: 1015 • ACR Convergence 2023
Health Care Access in an Indigenous North American Population of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Their At-risk First-Degree Relatives
Dana Wiens¹, David Robinson¹, Irene Smolik¹, Cheryl Barnabe², Hani El-Gabalawy¹ and Liam O'Neil¹, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that requires access to subspecialty care. Although Canada has a universal healthcare system, there are complex…
Abstract Number: 1849 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of the First Three Waves of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Everyday Restrictions and Clinical Care of Patients with Spondyloarthritis Across Europe – Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration
Brigitte Michelsen¹, Bente Glintborg², Kim Lauper³, Bjorn Gudbjornsson⁴, Lykke Ørnbjerg⁵, Gerdur Maria Gröndal⁶, Karin Laas⁷, Sigrid Vorobjov⁸, Dan Nordstrom⁹, Heikki Relas⁹, Adrian Ciurea¹⁰, Burkhard Moeller¹¹, Isabel Castrejon¹², Lucia Otero-Valera¹³, Ziga Rotar¹⁴, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer¹⁵, Anne Gitte Loft¹⁶, Jakub Zavada¹⁷, Karel Pavelka¹⁸, Eirik Kristianslund¹⁹, Tore Kvien²⁰, Marleen van de Sande²¹, Pasoon Hellamand²², Florenzo Iannone²³, Roberto F. Caporali²⁴, Ana Maria Rodrigues²⁵, Maria Jose Santos²⁶, Catalin Codreanu²⁷, Corina Mogosan²⁸, Merete Hetland⁵ and Mikkel Østergaard²⁹, ¹Rigshospitalet Glostrup; Diakonhjemmet Hospital; Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Virum, Denmark, ³Geneva University Hospitals, Genève, Switzerland, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁵Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Landspitali University Hospital; University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ⁸National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia, ⁹Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁰University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹¹Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹²Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁵University Medical Centre Ljubljana; University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁶Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ¹⁷Institute of Rheumatology; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹⁸Institut of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ¹⁹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²⁰Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²¹Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute; Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center (ARC), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²²Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ²⁴Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ²⁵Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia; Nova Medical School; Hospital dos Lusíadas, Lisbon, Portugal, ²⁶Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Lisboa, Portugal, ²⁷Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ²⁸University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ²⁹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The Covid-19 pandemic constituted major challenges for health-care services worldwide. We aimed to compare Covid-19 restrictions across Europe during the first three waves of…
Abstract Number: PP05 • ACR Convergence 2023
Relief Redefined: A Patient’s Journey to Reducing the Impact of Her PsA Flare Ups
Caitlin West, Advocate, Coatesville, PA
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) ten years ago, at 25. I had been dealing with stiffness and chronic fatigue for most of…
Abstract Number: 0755 • ACR Convergence 2023
Changes in Rheumatology Providers’ Perceptions of Telehealth Appropriateness from 2021 to 2022
David Leverenz¹, Mary Solomon², Ricardo Henao², Isaac Smith³, Catherine Howe⁴, Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos⁵, Bhargav Adagarla⁶, Theresa Coles⁷, AJ Overton⁸, Jayanth Doss⁹ and Megan Clowse¹⁰, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Department of Biostatistics, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Department of Medicine-Rheumatology and Immunology, Durham, NC, ⁴New York University, New York, NY, ⁵Duke AI Health, Durham, NC, ⁶Duke University Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ⁷Duke University, Department of Population Health Sciences, Durham, NC, ⁸Consultant, Durham, NC, ⁹Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹⁰Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Telehealth in rheumatology rapidly expanded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, however it remains unknown how provider perceptions of telehealth changed as the…
Abstract Number: 1016 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cost-related Medication Burden for Patients with and Without Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Jeong Yee¹, Candace Feldman¹, Emily G. Oakes¹, Jack Ellrodt¹, May Choi², Elizabeth Karlson¹ and Karen Costenbader³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Medication nonadherence is a challenging issue in the management of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs), leading to poor clinical outcomes. Although it is complex…
Abstract Number: 1854 • ACR Convergence 2023
What Is Our Regional Delay to Diagnosis in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthropathy – Are We Hitting the Target? Data from a Multi-centre UK Patient Cohort
Gurdeep Dulay¹, Antoni Chan², Catherine Boys³, Aisling Coy⁴, Mary Devin⁵, Leslie Goh⁶, Arran McDougall², Kathryn Rigler², Jacqui Tomkins⁷, Dinny Wallis⁷ and Emma Williams⁸, ¹Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, ²Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, United Kingdom, ³NHS, Basingstoke, United Kingdom, ⁴Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury, United Kingdom, ⁵Dorset County Hospital NHS, Dorchester, United Kingdom, ⁶NHS, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, ⁷NHS, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁸NHS, Winchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Due to the insidious onset of axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA), there is often a significant delay to diagnosis. The average delay to diagnosis in the…
Abstract Number: 0767 • ACR Convergence 2023
Current Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Practices of 12 Years of past Participants of a 10-Months Rheumatology Ultrasound Training Program (Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists)
Midori Nishio¹, Fawad Aslam², Sonja Ziniel³ and Eugene Kissin⁴, ¹John Muir Specialty Medical Group, Walnut Creek, CA, ²Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ³Univ of Colorado School of Medicine and Childrens Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Boston University, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) is an integral part of rheumatology training. The Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists (USSONAR) has been a leader in rheumatology…
Abstract Number: 1018 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recognizing Rural Healthcare Disparities in Pain Assessment for Autoimmune Rheumatologic Diseases
Lydia Yang¹, Bharat Kumar² and Melissa Swee¹, ¹University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ²University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Pain is a common complaint seen in many autoimmune rheumatologic conditions, along with decreased function and decreased sense of well-being. Pain is a highly…
Abstract Number: 2027 • ACR Convergence 2023
Developing and Implementing a Pilot Educational Intervention to Improve Readiness for Self-Management Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in Uganda
Trina Pal¹, Auther Jjunju², joshua bilsborrow³, Lillian Tugume⁴, Rachel Galvao³, Evelyn Hsieh⁵ and Mark Kaddumukasa⁴, ¹Section of Rheumatology, Yale School of Medicine, West Hartford, CT, ²The Arthritis Association of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda, ³Section of Rheumatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, ⁵Yale University, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology; Yale School of Public Health; Section of Rheumatology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Self-management is an effective strategy for improving health outcomes among patients with chronic conditions such as rheumatic diseases. Patient education about self-management among patients…
Abstract Number: 0160 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spine and Sacroiliac Joints Findings in Young Males and Females with Chronic Back Pain Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Clinical Practice
Diego Benavent¹, Mar Tapia², Victor muley², Daniel Bernabeu², Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez³, Alejandro Balsa³ and Victoria Navarro-Compán⁴, ¹Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Radiology Department, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is frequently used in patients with chronic back pain (CBP) to diagnose mechanical and inflammatory diseases, including axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).…

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