Abstracts tagged "Health Services Research"

Abstract Number: 1842 • ACR Convergence 2023
Reduction in the Concomitant Ordering of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein Within the Rheumatology Clinics at an Academic Medical Center
Ruchi Desai¹, Nainesh Shah¹, Ray Zhang¹, Maria Bacalao², Haidy Galous³, David Karp¹ and Puneet Bajaj¹, ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern, Southlake, TX
Background/Purpose: ESR and CRP are two laboratory values usedto assess inflammation. There is data to support that CRPis superior to ESR to detect/monitor inflammation or…
Abstract Number: 2092 • ACR Convergence 2023
Feasibility and Efficacy of Culturally Appropriate Spanish Language-First Patient Education for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Daniel Hernandez¹, Julio Bravo², Juan Maya Villamizar³, Oscar Soto⁴, Angel Tapia⁵, Guillermo Valenzuela⁶, W. Benjamin Nowell⁷ and Shilpa Venkatachalam⁸, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, St. Johns, FL, ²Novant, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Rheumatology Center of Palm Beach, PLLC, Boca Raton, FL, ⁴Mindful Rheumatix and Medical Research Group, San Juan, PR, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁶Integral Rheumatology & Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁸Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Spanish-speaking patients with rheumatic arthritis (RA) need RA education that is medically accurate, conversational, and engaging. Our study examined the feasibility and efficacy of…
Abstract Number: 0156 • ACR Convergence 2023
Factors Associated with Adherence to Cervical Cancer Screening in Ethnically Diverse Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sebastian Bruera¹, Savannah Bowman¹, Yinan Huang², Maria Suarez-Almazor³, Grace Lo¹, Elizabeth Chiao⁴, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo⁴ and Sandeep Agarwal¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Pharmacy Administration, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Oxford, MS, ³MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Women living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at an increased risk of infections from human papillomavirus (HPV), and cervical cancer, especially women with…
Abstract Number: 0187 • ACR Convergence 2023
Advancing Health Equity with Lupus Stakeholders to Close Care Gaps and Disparities
Shalvi Parikh¹, Monica Messina¹, Shivani Garg¹, Sancia Ferguson², Edmond Ramly³, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁴, Katrina Phelps⁵ and Christie M. Bartels⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) care and outcomes are associated with significant racial and socioeconomic disparities in the US, particularly among young Black and Hispanic/Latina…
Abstract Number: 1004 • ACR Convergence 2023
Telerheumatology Shared-Care Model: Leveraging the Expertise of an ACPAC-Trained Extended Role Practitioner (ERP) in Rural-Remote Ontario
Amanda Steiman¹, Taucha Inrig², Katie Lundon³, Jocelyne Murdoch⁴ and Rachel Shupak⁵, ¹Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Society, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵St. Michael's Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: A shortage of Rheumatologists has led to gaps in inflammatory arthritis (IA) care in Canada. Amplified in rural-remote communities, the number of Rheumatologists practicing…
Abstract Number: 1843 • ACR Convergence 2023
Detection of Clinically Relevant Subgroups in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Using Machine Learning
Brooke McGinley¹, Gabriela Rabasa¹, Jean Liew¹, Tuhina Neogi², David Felson¹ and Michael LaValley³, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA
Background/Purpose: In the US the lifetime risk for Knee Replacement surgery (KR) is 7% for men and 9.5% for women, and this accounts for substantial…
Abstract Number: 2142 • ACR Convergence 2023
Adherence Patterns in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving a Janus Kinase (JAK) Inhibitor or a Tumor Necrosis Factor α Inhibitor (TNFi) After the Addition of a Black Box Warning to JAK Inhibitors
W. Cliff Rutter, Kunal Patel, Samantha Delgado, Guy Cozzi, Elisea Avalos-Reyes, Will Cavers, Chen Liu, Rashmi Grover, Lucia Feczko and Kjel Johnson, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI
Background/Purpose: In 2021, the FDA concluded that there is an increased risk of serious heart-related events with the Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitor tofacitinib, which is…
Abstract Number: 0158 • ACR Convergence 2023
Analyzing User Log Data to Track Provider Use of an EHR-based Dashboard for Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes
Lindsay Jacobsohn¹, Emma Kersey¹, Jing Li¹, Catherine Nasrallah¹, Cherish Wilson², Cammie Young³, Cammie Young³, Alicia Hamblin¹, Jinoos Yazdany¹ and Gabriela Schmajuk², ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA
Background/Purpose: We developed an electronic health record (EHR)-based patient-facing sidecar dashboard application to display RA outcomes, including disease activity, functional status, and pain scores over…
Abstract Number: 0214 • ACR Convergence 2023
COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Hesitancy, and Flare in a Large Rheumatology Practice Network
Emily Holladay¹, Amy S. Mudano², Fenglong Xie², Patrick Stewart³, Lesley E. Jackson¹, Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁴, Kelly Gavigan⁵, W. Benjamin Nowell⁶, Shilpa Venkatachalam⁷ and Jeffrey Curtis¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ³Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁶Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 vaccine uptake in autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic disease (AIIRD) patients is an area of concern to rheumatologists and other providers. These patients are…
Abstract Number: 1006 • ACR Convergence 2023
Use of Implementation Strategies to Promote Adherence of Knee Osteoarthritis Guidelines and Improve Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Michelle Ramirez¹, Rebecca Fillipo¹, Connor Drake¹, Lesley Skalla², Kelli Allen³, Amanda Nelson⁴ and Maggie Horn¹, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives, Durham, NC, ³University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Despite the development of care models and practice guidelines the translation of knee osteoarthritis guidelines to practice remains suboptimal. Theoretically informed implementation strategies may…
Abstract Number: 1844 • ACR Convergence 2023
Are Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases Ready for Studies with Medical Cannabis? – Results from a Digital Survey
Jutta Richter¹, Aurelia Beichert², Tim Filla², Matthias Schneider³, Joerg Distler⁴ and Inna Frohne², ¹Clinic for Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Clinic for Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit University Clinic Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ³Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁴Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: There is an increasing demand from patients for medical cannabis in the German population [1]. Although medical cannabis might be used to treat pain…
Abstract Number: 2169 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cost-utility of a Progressive Spacing of Tocilizumab or Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sustained Remission: A Medico-economic Analysis of the Towards the Lowest Efficacious Dose Trial
Joanna Kedra¹, Benjamin Granger², Lina El Houari³, Florence Tubach⁴ and Bruno Fautrel⁵, ¹Sorbonne Université, IPLESP, and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ²Sorbonne Université, INSERM, and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France, ⁴Centre de pharmaco-épidémiologie de l'APHP, Paris, France, ⁵Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Biologic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (bDMARDs) progressive tapering is a real opportunity in people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) having achieved remission both from…
Abstract Number: 0159 • ACR Convergence 2023
Understanding the Economic Impact of Autoimmune Eye Disease in the United States
Krati Chauhan¹, Steven Scaife² and Michael Buhnerkempe¹, ¹Southern Illinois University - School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, ²Southen Illinois University - School of Medicine., Springfield, IL
Background/Purpose: Eye involvement is an important cause of morbidity in rheumatology patients. Inflammatory eye diseases include conditions like scleritis, uveitis, retinitis and orbital inflammation. The…
Abstract Number: 0299 • ACR Convergence 2023
Trends and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy and Venous Thromboembolism: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Analysis from US (2016-2019)
Haseeb Chaudhary¹, Biraj Shrestha², Sarah Abi Doumeth³ and Maya Mattar⁴, ¹Case Western Reserve University, Westlake, OH, ²Tower Health System, Reading, PA, ³Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Recent evidence suggests increased prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). The literature on the clinical implications of VTE…
Abstract Number: 1008 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identifying Inflammatory Arthritis Ambulatory Care Service Model Enhancements Needed to Reduce Avoidable Emergency Department Use
Emilie Pianarosa¹, Pamela Roach¹, Patrick McLane², Meghan Elliott¹, Brian Holroyd³, Shanon McQuitty⁴, Steven Katz³, Nazret Russon², Katie Lin¹, Claire Barber¹ and Cheryl Barnabe¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Emergency departments (ED) become a location for non-urgent care when ambulatory care systems are not sufficient. We aim to describe contributing factors to the…

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