Abstracts tagged "Health Care"

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: 0600 • ACR Convergence 2020
Gout Increases Length of Stay in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure Exacerbation
Daniel DeMizio¹, Guojing Wu², Ying Wei², Joan Bathon³ and Runsheng Wang⁴, ¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Staten Island, NY, ²Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁴Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: There is growing evidence that both the prevalence of gout and its burden on healthcare costs has increased over recent decades. It has been…
Abstract Number: 1967 • ACR Convergence 2020
Combating Rheumatologist Burnout: Use of Protocol Driven Medication Refill by Pharmacists
Eva Rottmann¹, Jonida Cote², Swana Thomas³, Dante Grassi¹, Joseph Chronowski¹, Lisa L. Schroeder¹, David Pugliese⁴ and Eric Newman¹, ¹Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Medical Center, Danvile, PA, ³Geisinger Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA, ⁴Geisinger Health System, Wilkes Barre, PA
Background/Purpose: Increased electronic health record (EHR) administrative workload is a great source of physician dissatisfaction. We embedded pharmacists into our Rheumatology team in 2019. This…
Abstract Number: 0602 • ACR Convergence 2020
Labor Impact of SARS-COV-2 Pandemic in Argentine Rheumatologists
Scarafia Santiago¹, Emilio Buschiazzo², María Victoria Martire³, César Graf⁴ and Rodrigo Garcia Salinas⁵, ¹Hospital Municipal "San Cayetano", Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta., Salta, Salta, Argentina, ³Instituto Médico Platense, La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Sociedad Argentina de Reumatología, Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: The novel coronavirus SARS2-COV-2 has precipitated the present outbreak of COVID-19, the worldwide spread has strong impact on general population and on healthcare workers.…
Abstract Number: 0019 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lasting COVID-19 Impacts on US Rheumatology Practices
Lynn Price¹, Gianna Melendez¹ and Phil Pouliot¹, ¹spherix global insights, Exton, PA
Background/Purpose: In late 2019, a novel, highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19), was discovered in China and quickly spread throughout the world, equating to arguably the largest…
Abstract Number: 0603 • ACR Convergence 2020
Multisite Study of the Impact of COVID-19 Era Telemedicine Expansion on Reduction in No-Show Rates
Christie Bartels¹, David Gazeley², Ann Rosenthal³, Sancia Ferguson⁴, Edmond Ramly⁵, Monica Messina⁶ and Douglas White⁷, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Oakland, CA, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health;, Madison, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Madison, WI, ⁷Gundersen Health System, Onalaska, WI
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic led to rapid expansion of telemedicine in all fields, including rheumatology. We hypothesized that increased use of telemedicine would reduce no-show…
Abstract Number: 0046 • ACR Convergence 2020
Socioeconomic Disparities in Functional Status Among RA Patients: A Longitudinal Analysis Using RISE Data
Jing Li¹, Gabriela Schmajuk², Michael Evans³, Zara Izadi⁴, Patricia Katz⁵, Alexis Ogdie⁶, Lisa Suter⁷ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA, ³Ucsf, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁶Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have shown that RA outcomes, including disease activity, erosions, and disability, are worse among patients with low socioeconomic status (SES). However, few…
Abstract Number: 0605 • ACR Convergence 2020
How Did SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Rheumatology Practice in Latin America? A Regional Survey from PANLAR
Daniel Fernández-Ávila¹, Julián Barahona-Correa¹, Diana Romero-Alvernia¹, Sergio Kowalski², Ana María Sapag Durán³, Antonio Cachafeiro Vilar⁴, Belia Lucía Meléndez Muñoz⁵, Carlos Santiago Pastelín⁶, Daniel Palleiro Rivero⁷, Dina María Arrieta⁸, Guillermo Pons-Estel⁹, Jossiell Then Báez¹⁰, Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹¹, Mario Cardiel¹², Nelly Colman¹³, Nilmo Chávez Pérez¹⁴, Paula Burgos¹⁵, Rubén Montufar¹⁶, Sayonara Sandino¹⁷, Yurilis Fuentes-Silva¹⁸ and Enrique Soriano¹⁹, ¹Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogota, Colombia, ²Unidad de Investigación PANLAR. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brazil, ³Hospital Universitario Japonés, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, ⁴Pacífica Salud - Hospital Punta Pacífica,, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama, ⁵Hospital de la Policía Nacional N1 Quito, Quito, Ecuador, ⁶Instituto Hondureño de la Seguridad Social, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ⁷Instituto Nacional de Reumatología del Uruguay - Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁸Hospital México, San José de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, ⁹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ¹⁰Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS), Santiago, Dominican Republic, ¹¹Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen and Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ¹²Centro de Investigación Clínica de Morelia, Morelia, Mexico, ¹³Hospital de Clínicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay, ¹⁴Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, ¹⁵Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ¹⁶Consultorio de Especialidades del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, San Salvador, El Salvador, ¹⁷Policlínica Nicaragüense, Managua, Nicaragua, ¹⁸Centro Clínico Universitario de Oriente - Universidad de Oriente, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, ¹⁹Department of Public Health, Instituto Universitario, Escuela de Medicina Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Since December 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic was declared. Social isolation became a mainstay for the prevention of disease expansion. Outpatient follow-up of…
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: 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: 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: 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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