Abstracts tagged "DMARDs and Intervention"

Abstract Number: 1159 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Use of Rheumatology-Specific Patient Navigators for DMARD Adherence: Results from a Pilot Intervention
Candace H. Feldman¹, Alyssa Wohlfahrt², Anarosa Campos³, Joshua Gagne⁴, Maura D. Iversen⁵, Elena Massarotti⁶, Ichiro Kawachi⁷ and Daniel H. Solomon⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Northeastern University, Department of Physical Therapy, and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁸Rheumatology Immunology & Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Adherence to DMARDs is suboptimal and declines over time, preventing patients from reaching remission. Patient navigators, non-health professionals trained in advocacy, care coordination and…