Abstracts tagged "Health Care"

Abstract Number: 1584 • ACR Convergence 2020
Telemedicine Visits During COVID-19 Improved Clinic Show Rates
Reem Alkilany¹ and Raymond Hong², ¹MetroHealth medical center, lakewood, OH, ²Metrohealth Medical center, Richfield, OH
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously affected the healthcare sector. State of Ohio officials recommended to hold in-person outpatient visits and elective procedures to limit…
Abstract Number: 0583 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cost of Illness in Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Santos Castañeda¹, Esther Francisca Vicente-Rabaneda², Mar Llamas-Velasco³, Javier Sánchez-Pérez³, José Pardo⁴, Rita Cabeza-Martínez⁵, Mercedes Miranda-Fontes⁶, Juan Márquez⁷, Jaime Calvo-Alén⁸, Susana Armesto⁹, Isabel Belinchón¹⁰, Alejandro Gómez¹¹, María Dolores Miranda¹², Silvia Martínez-Pardo¹³, Leticia Merino Melendez¹⁴, Miguel Ángel Casado¹⁵, María Yébenes¹⁵ and Araceli Casado¹⁵, ¹Princesa University Hospital, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, UAM, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴H.G.U. Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain, ⁵H.U. Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁶H.U. Río Hortega, Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁷H.G. Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁹H.U. Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ¹⁰H.G.U. Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹¹H.U. Infanta Sofía, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain, ¹²H.G. San Agustín de Linares, Jaen, Andalucia, Spain, ¹³H. Mutua de Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁴H. San Pedro, Logroño, Spain, ¹⁵Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research Iberia (PORIB), Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis (Ps) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a major impact on patients’ health-related quality of life. Cost of illness of patients with Ps, PsA and…
Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rheumatology Practice: A Study in 15 Arab Countries
Nelly Ziade¹, Ihsane Hmamouchi², Lina El Kibbi³, Nizar Abdulateef⁴, Hussein Halabi⁵, Fatemah Abutiban⁶, Wafa Hamdi⁷, Manal el Rakawi⁸, Mervat Eissa⁹ and Basel Masri¹⁰, ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Temara Hospital, Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical Research and Epidemiology (LBRCE), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, ³Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁵King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Jaber Alahmed Alsabah hospital, State of Kuwait, Jahra, Kuwait, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Kassab Institute of orthopedics, UR17SP04, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia, ⁸Departement of Rheumatology, Douera Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saad Dahlab, Blida, Algeria, Blida, Algeria, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁰Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Background/Purpose: To date, information about the impact of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic on rheumatology practice and on rheumatologists is limited.The primary objective of the…
Abstract Number: 0584 • ACR Convergence 2020
Total Cost of Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kjel Johnson¹, Rebecca Karos², Elisea Avalos-Reyes³, Fabio Casadio⁴, Michele Hamburger⁵ and Chiara Leprai⁴, ¹CVS Health, Lincoln, RI, ²CVS Health, Wellesley, MA, ³CVS Health, Irving, TX, ⁴CVS Health, New York, NY, ⁵Frances Hamburger Institute, Hauppauge, NY
Background/Purpose: The range of medical costs associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is, in part, related to the various treatment options. Treatment for RA focuses on…
Abstract Number: 1622 • ACR Convergence 2020
Determining the Zoster Vaccination Rate Among Veterans on Chronic Immunosuppressive Therapy at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System – a Quality Indicator
Hannah Kenninger¹, Rachel Dayno¹, Nkechinyere Emejuaiwe², Ileannette Robledo-Vega³, Whitney Bembry¹, Myriam Guevara⁴ and Soham Mahato⁵, ¹Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ²Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, New Orlenas, LA, ³Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orlenas, LA, ⁴Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁵LSUHSC School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: Herpes Zoster (HZ) causes an infection commonly known as shingles. Patients with HZ are at increased risk for post-herpetic neuralgia, which is painful for…
Abstract Number: 0594 • ACR Convergence 2020
Mechanical and Temperature Stress During Biologic Shipments to Rheumatology Patients
Sarah Dill¹, Elizabeth Cheng², Kyle Brees², John Carpenter³ and Liron Caplan², ¹University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ²Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Biologic medications are expensive, and unfortunately their immunogenicity contributes to loss of efficacy over time. Protein particles may form as a result of medication…
Abstract Number: 1647 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Oleuropein-based Dietary Supplement Improves Joint Function in Older People with High Knee Joint Pain
Marie-Noelle Horcajada¹, Maurice Beaumont², Nicolas Sauvageot², Madleen Saboundjian¹, Laure Poquet¹, Anne-Christine Hick³, Berenice Costes⁴ and Yves Henrotin⁵, ¹Nestle Research, EPFL Innovation Park, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Nestle Research, Clinical Development Unit, Lausanne, Switzerland, ³Artialis SA, Liège, Belgium, ⁴Artialis SA, Liege, Belgium, ⁵University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a 6-month intervention with an Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) standardized for oleuropein content…
Abstract Number: 0597 • ACR Convergence 2020
Telemedicine in Pediatric Rheumatology During COVID-19: The PR-COIN Experience
Y. Ingrid Goh¹, Nancy Pan², Julia Harris³, Andrew Warmin⁴, Janalee Taylor⁴, Sheetal Vora⁵, Fatima Barbar-Smiley⁶, Jon Burnham⁷, Tzielan Lee⁸, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner⁹, Kendra Wiegand¹⁰ and Esi Morgan¹¹, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ⁶Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ¹⁰Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ¹¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Healthcare teams were forced to rethink the way they practiced medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many teams transitioned from conducting in-person visits to virtual…
Abstract Number: 1684 • ACR Convergence 2020
Increase in Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations, Decrease in Outpatient Visits Following Transition to Adult Rheumatologic Care
Paul Jensen¹, Jessica Greco², Kenneth Jackson³ and Stacy Ardoin⁴, ¹Intermountain Healthcare, St. George, UT, ²Ohio State University/Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Many children with rheumatic disease have active disease as adults, and health care gaps often occur in the transition from pediatric to adult care.…
Abstract Number: 0599 • ACR Convergence 2020
Evaluation of Telephone Consultations in Germany as an Additional Tool in Outpatient Rheumatology Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ulrich Drott¹, Axel Braner¹, Thomas Kollewe², Harald Burkhardt³ and Florian Meier¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ²J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, FB Medizin, Frankfurter Arbeitsstelle für Medizindidaktik, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Background/Purpose: The Covid-19 pandemic holds multiple challenges for the healthcare system. Quick adoptions and adjustments are the mainstays during these times. Hygiene management and plans…
Abstract Number: 1962 • ACR Convergence 2020
Utilization of Telehealth Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kristin Wipfler¹, Yomei Shaw², Teresa Simon³, Adam Cornish¹, Patricia Katz⁴ and Kaleb Michaud⁵, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, East Lansing, MI, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (at time of analysis), Princeton, NJ, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Many health care providers replaced in-person clinical visits with telehealth visits or expanded their telehealth offerings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to…
Abstract Number: 257 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Alcohol Use Hospitalizations in People with Gout, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Low Back Pain Are Increasing: A Time-trends Study Using the U.S. National Data
Jasvinder Singh¹ and john Cleveland ², ¹University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Alcohol abuse and associated mortality is an important public health problem in the U.S. To our knowledge, limited data are available on alcohol use…
Abstract Number: 1427 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A New Model of Care for Pediatric Rheumatology in Ontario: Preliminary Results from Pilot Telemedicine Clinics Utilizing Advanced Clinician Practitioners in Arthritis Care
Roberta Berard¹, Susan MacQueen², Michelle Diebold³, Y. Ingrid Goh⁴, Anne MacLeod⁵, Kristi Whitney-Mahoney⁶, Christine O'Brien⁶, Brian M. Feldman⁷ and Deborah M. Levy⁸, ¹Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ²The Arthritis Society, Kitchener, ON, Canada, ³Department of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵The Arthritis Society, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
AbstractBackground/Purpose: Twenty-five pediatric rheumatologists (PR) service a population of 14 million Ontarians. To facilitate care to patients living in distance communities we proposed a new…
Abstract Number: 967 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Health Care Utilization for Musculoskeletal Issues during the Pre-Diagnosis Period in Psoriatic Arthritis – a Population-Based Study
Lihi Eder¹, Karen Tu², Cheryl F. Rosen³, Raed Alhusayen⁴, Stephanie Cheng⁵, Jacqueline Young⁵, Willemina Campbell⁶, Sasha Bernatsky⁷, Dafna D Gladman⁸, Richard J. Cook⁹, Michael Paterson⁵ and Jessica Widdifield¹⁰, ¹Women's College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Family Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Department of Medicine, Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Toronto, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Numerous studies have shown delays in diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) among patients with psoriasis. The heterogeneous nature and frequently insidious onset of PsA…
Abstract Number: 214 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ambulatory and Hospital Care for Arthritis and Related Conditions in Ontario, Canada
Y. Raja Rampersaud¹, J. Denise Power², Anthony V. Perruccio², Michael Paterson³, Christian Veillette², Elizabeth M. Badley⁴ and Nizar Mahomed², ¹Arthritis Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Torotno, ON, Canada, ²Arthritis Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Health Care & Outcomes Research, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, has publicly funded, universal health insurance covering medically necessary hospital and physician services with no copayments. The purpose of…

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