Abstracts tagged "Electronic Health Record"

Abstract Number: 2152 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Comparison of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Classification (SLICC) Criteria to Detect Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data
Theresa L. Walunas¹, Anika S. Ghosh², Kathryn L. Jackson³, Ahn H. Chun², Daniel L. Erickson², Karen Mancera-Cuevas⁴, Abel N. Kho² and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Center for Health Information Partnerships, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵FSM, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a systemic autoimmune disease that has diverse manifestations that can occur over a long period of time. The complexity of…
Abstract Number: 295 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Implementing a Staff Tobacco Cessation Protocol Increases Quit Line Referrals in a Community Rheumatology Practice
Ann M. Chodara¹, Edmond Ramly^2,3, Douglas White⁴, Heather Johnson⁵, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁶ and Christie M. Bartels⁷, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin College of Engineering, Madison, WI, ³Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴Gundersen Lutheran - Onalaska Clinic, Onalaska, WI, ⁵Cardiology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ⁷Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of US mortality and predicts higher incidence, greater severity, and reduced treatment response in many rheumatologic conditions. Despite…
Abstract Number: 2174 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Self-Report of Fracture History Compared to Fracture Codes from an Electronic Health Record Dataset
Maria I. Danila¹, Amy S. Mudano¹, Elizabeth J. Rahn², Andrea Z. LaCroix^3,4, Jeffrey R. Curtis¹ and Kenneth Saag¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Self-reported fracture (fx) history data is frequently used in epidemiological studies of osteoporosis. Self-reported fx data may differ from fx history coded in electronic…
Abstract Number: 333 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Electronic Delivery of Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaires on Tablet PCs at Clinic Visit: A Feasibility Study
Thomas Grader-Beck¹, Michelle Jones², Ana-Maria Orbai² and Clifton O. Bingham III³, ¹Medicine (Rheumatology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Assessment of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) at clinic visits has emerged as an important component to determine disease activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). However, paper-based…
Abstract Number: 2180 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences in Longitudinal Disease Activity Measures between Research Cohort and Non-Cohort Participants with Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Electronic Health Record Data
Milena Gianfrancesco¹, Laura Trupin¹, Charles McCulloch², Stephen Shiboski³, Jonathan Graf⁴, Gabriela Schmajuk⁵ and Jinoos Yazdany⁶, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁶University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Research using electronic health records (EHR) may offer advantages over traditional observational studies, including lower costs and greater generalizability to a broader patient population;…
Abstract Number: 334 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of Handheld Device to Enhance Patient Reported Outcome Measure Data Collection in an Academic Rheumatology Practice
Vivek Nagaraja¹, Vladimir Ognenovski² and Dinesh Khanna¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are accepted modalities of gathering patient self-report of their health status in the realms of physical, mental and social well-being.…
Abstract Number: 2423 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Births to Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Can be Identified Accurately in the Electronic Health Record
Ashley Blaske¹, Amanda M. Eudy², Jim C. Oates³, Megan E. B. Clowse² and April Barnado⁴, ¹Medicine and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Studying births in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is difficult given its rarity and the challenges of randomized trials. While the electronic health…
Abstract Number: 337 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does a Best Practice Alert Improve RA Patient Referral to Preventative Cardiology?
Savanna Smoker¹, Ellen Romich², Amy Nowacki³ and M. Elaine Husni⁴, ¹Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ³Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: RA patients are at about 50% increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD)1. Despite this risk, numerous studies show inadequate cardiovascular risk assessment of these…
Abstract Number: 2802 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Veterans with Systemic Sclerosis: A Nationwide Cohort Study
David Ying^1,2, Milena Gianfrancesco¹, Laura Trupin¹, Jinoos Yazdany¹, Eric Greidinger^3,4 and Gabriela Schmajuk^2,5, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ⁴Miami VA Medical Center, Miami, FL, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Previously thought to involve primarily the microvasculature, systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been increasingly linked to macrovascular disease. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease are responsible for…
Abstract Number: 338 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Implementation of an Automated Phrase to Increase Awareness of Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in an Urban Fellows Rheumatology Clinic
Leslie Anne Cassidy¹, Jennifer Brandt¹, Alison Gizinski², Arezou Khosroshahi¹, Gaobin Bao¹ and S. Sam Lim³, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a significant and well-established risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Cardiovascular risk stratification is often left to the primary…
Abstract Number: 2859 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do Preventive Cardiology Consults Versus Usual Care Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factor Assessment and Management in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Ellen Romich¹, Haitham Ahmed², Amy Nowacki³ and M. Elaine Husni⁴, ¹Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have around 50% increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Both traditional and RA-specific cardiovascular (CV) risk factors contribute to the…
Abstract Number: 448 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tizanidine, a Frequently Used Muscle Relaxant, Is Associated with Severe Hypotension: Role of Cytochrome P450 1A2 Inhibition in Routine Clinical Practice
Sandip Chaugai¹, Alyson Dickson², Megan Shuey², QiPing Feng², Katherine Barker², James Luther², C. Michael Stein³ and Cecilia P. Chung³, ¹Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Tizanidine, a muscle relaxant widely used for musculoskeletal pain, can lower blood pressure and is metabolized by the cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2). As a…
Abstract Number: 2962 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Accuracy of Gout in Electronic Health Records and the Role of Rheumatology Electronic Consults
Juliana Chang¹ and Maida Wong², ¹Internal Medicine, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA, ²Rheumatology, Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, Orange, CA
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory arthritis globally. Despite treatment advances, it still has a significant effect on quality of life and healthcare costs.…
Abstract Number: 466 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Childhood-Onset SLE Patients at a Large Tertiary Care Center: The Path to Creating a More Sustainable Model of Vaccination with the Help of EMR
Saimun Singla and Marietta M. De Guzman, Pediatric Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Streptococcus pneumonia is a leading cause of illness in children worldwide and can lead to death in those with an immunosuppressed status. Given the…
Abstract Number: 1164 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Canadians’ Views about Using Big Data in Health Research from a National Online Survey: A Partnership of Patient-Consumers and Researchers
Natalie McCormick¹, Clayon Hamilton^1,2, Cheryl L. Koehn³, Kelly English⁴, Allan Stordy⁵ and Linda Li^1,6, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²Physical Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Consumer Experts, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Patient Advisory Board, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Canadian Skin Patient Alliance, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Department of Physical Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Findings from health research using “big data” (large sets of routinely-collected healthcare data) have benefitted individual arthritis patients and society as-a-whole. However, growing…

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