Abstracts tagged "Health Services Research"

Abstract Number: 0170 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gender Equity Amongst Rheumatology Professionals: Preliminary Findings of the Coalition for Health and Gender Equity E-survey (CHANGE Group)
Lisa Traboco¹, Pavel Ovseiko², Sarah Dyball³, Tayyeba Khursheed⁴, ALEJANDRA BABINI⁵, Asgar Ali Kalla⁶, Catherine Hill⁷, Debashish Danda⁸, Dzifa Dey⁹, Elena Nikiphorou¹⁰, Ghita Harifi¹¹, Ho SO¹², Humeira Badshah¹³, Ihsane Hmamouchi¹⁴, Joan Marie Von Feldt¹⁵, Júlia Boechat Farani¹⁶, Mariana Peixoto Guimarães¹⁷, Kanon Jatuworapruk¹⁸, Laura Andreoli¹⁹, Nelly Ziade²⁰, PENELOPE PALOMINOS²¹, Qian Wang²², Ran Nakashima²³, Syed Haq²⁴, Wilson Bautista-Molano²⁵, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁶, Grace Wright²⁷, Vikas Agarwal²⁸, Laura Coates²⁹ and Latika Gupta³⁰, ¹University of the Philippines - Manila, St Luke's Medical Center - Bonifacio Global City, Paranaque, Manila, Philippines, ²Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³University of Manchester, Stockport, United Kingdom, ⁴Pakistan institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, ⁵Hospital Italiano Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁷The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia, ⁸Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India, ⁹University of Ghana Medical School, Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, ¹⁰King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹HBMC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹²The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ¹³Dr Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹⁴Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Morocco, ¹⁵University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, PA, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ¹⁷Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, ¹⁸Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand, ¹⁹University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²⁰Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ²¹Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ²²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Peking Union Medical College Hospital, The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, China, ²³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²⁴BSM Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ²⁵University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia, ²⁶University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁷Grace C Wright MD PC, New York, NY, ²⁸Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India, ²⁹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³⁰Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: There is growing attention to gender inequity within rheumatology with persistent challenges in achieving pay parity, career progression, & access to leadership roles. In…
Abstract Number: 0996 • ACR Convergence 2023
Will Patients Engage with Digital Technologies as Part of Routine Healthcare?
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Sandeep Sodhi², Yuji Su³, Scott Laster⁴, Fenglong Xie², Ye Liu⁵ and Corey Patrick⁴, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham and Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Micare, Memphis, TN, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) are new care delivery options by which patients can provide data to their provider via…
Abstract Number: 1618 • ACR Convergence 2023
Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence Among Patients with SLE
Kai Sun¹, Nneka Molokwu¹, Emily Hanlen¹, Amy Corneli², Kathryn Pollak¹, Jennifer Rogers¹, Rebecca Sadun¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Jayanth Doss¹, Hayden Bosworth¹ and Megan Clowse³, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Medication nonadherence is common and is associated with increased disease activity, morbidity, and mortality in SLE. To optimize medication adherence and SLE outcomes, we…
Abstract Number: 1908 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinic Protocol Boosts Blood Pressure Confirmatory Readings and Accuracy in an Academic Medical Center
Kubra Bugdayli¹, Amber Meyer¹, Antoinette Keith¹, Karunakar Dirisala¹, Guillermo Quiceno¹ and Puneet Bajaj², ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Hypertension is the most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases among all adults. Studies have shown that single blood pressure (BP) measurements vary…
Abstract Number: 0171 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Conceptual Framework to Characterize the Indirect Burden of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Findings from Qualitative Patient Interviews
Vibeke Strand¹, Prajakta Masurkar², Jennifer Reckleff³, Taylor Schwartz⁴, Alison Silverstein⁴, Jennifer Osborne⁴, Josie Lloyd⁴, Brian Leinwand⁴, Elaine Karis⁵, Fatima Barbar-Smiley⁶ and Karen Costenbader⁷, ¹Stanford University, Portola Valley, CA, ²Amgen, Inc., Atlanta, GA, ³Amgen, Inc., Westlake Village, CA, ⁴Inovalon Insights, Bowie, MD, ⁵Amgen, Inc., Colts Neck, NJ, ⁶Amgen, Inc., Dublin, OH, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects multiple organs and leads to a variety of symptoms, including joint pain, fatigue, and skin rashes,…
Abstract Number: 0997 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Depression on Healthcare Utilization in Members with Underlying Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
W. Cliff Rutter, Jean Park, Elisea Avalos-Reyes, Chen Liu, Will Cavers, Dorothea Verbrugge and Kjel Johnson, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have higher rates of psychiatric comorbidities, particularly depression and anxiety. Comorbid…
Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2023
Receipt of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries Initiating Immunosuppressive Medications for ANCA Vasculitis
Carolyn Thorpe, Ryan Hickson, Sherrie Aspinall, Vimal Derebail, Xinhua Zhao, Joshua Thorpe, Binxin Cao, Alexa Ehlert, Ronald Falk and Susan Hogan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Infections are the leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in patients with ANCA vasculitis (AV). Multiple AV treatment guidelines recommend antimicrobial prophylaxis during treatment…
Abstract Number: 2002 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Sequential Treatment with Abaloparatide Followed by Alendronate in US Women and Men with Multiple Previous Fractures
Mickael Hiligsmann¹, Stuart Silverman², Andrea J Singer³, Yamei Wang⁴, Leny Pearman⁴, John Caminis⁴ and Jean-Yves Reginster⁵, ¹Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴Radius Health, Inc., Boston, MA, ⁵University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Patients with multiple previous fractures are at very high risk of subsequent fractures. Common treatment strategies for these patients include generic alendronate (ALN) monotherapy…
Abstract Number: 0172 • ACR Convergence 2023
Barriers and Strategies to Enhance Patient Research Partner Involvement in Rheumatology Research: A Systematic Literature Review
Krystel Aouad¹, Maarten de Wit², Muriel Elhai³, Diego Benavent⁴, Heidi Bertheussen⁵, Jette Primdahl⁶, Codruta Zabalan⁷, Paul Studenic⁸ and Laure Gossec⁹, ¹Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Patient Research Partner, Stichting Tools, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³University Hospital zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Patient Research Partner, Oslo, Norway, ⁶University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Sønderborg, Denmark, ⁷Patient Research Partner, Romania, Romania, Romania, ⁸Medical University of Vienna and Karolinska Institutet (sweden), Vienna, Austria, ⁹Sorbonne Université and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Patient research partners (PRPs) participate in research teams and provide unique and valuable input. Their integration as equal partners is recommended (1). However, PRP…
Abstract Number: 0998 • ACR Convergence 2023
Barriers and Facilitators for Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia Care for Persons Living with HIV in Peru: HIV Physician and Coordinator Perspectives
Rebecca Slotkin¹, Daniel Granda Calderón², Joselito Malca Hernandez², Diego Cabrera³, Carlos Manuel Benites Villafane⁴, Patricia Jannet García⁵ and Evelyn Hsieh⁶, ¹Yale University, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology; Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, ²Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ³Yale University, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology; Department of Internal Medicine, Waterbury Hospital, New Haven, CT, ⁴Ministerio de Salud, Peru, Lima, Peru, ⁵Epidemiology, STD, and HIV Unit, School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ⁶Yale University, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology; Yale School of Public Health; Section of Rheumatology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Persons living with HIV (PLWH) have a higher risk of developing age-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as osteoporosis and sarcopenia. In Peru, HIV providers…
Abstract Number: 1656 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nothing About Us Without Us: Top 10 Research Priorities from Patients – A James Lind Alliance Project for Public and Patient Involvement (PPI)
anna Fryxelius¹, Amy Martinsen², Ida Løchting³, Linda Aimee Hartford Kvæl⁴, Astrid Lunestad², Astrid Bergland⁴ and Kjersti Storheim², ¹Norwegian Rheumatism Association / REMEDY - Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Oslo, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³REMEDY - Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Oslo, Norway, ⁴OsloMET, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patient and public involvement (PPI) is gaining increasing recognition as important to ensure research is relevant and to reduce avoidable research waste. Active collaboration…
Abstract Number: 2023 • ACR Convergence 2023
Transition Readiness over Time in a Rheumatology Transition Clinic
Background/Purpose: In 2018 we designed a Rheumatology Transition clinic to care for adolescent patients with autoimmune disease. We incorporate Health Care Transition curriculum (HCT) into…
Abstract Number: 0174 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluation of Healthcare Utilization in Members with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jean Park, W. Cliff Rutter, Elisea Avalos-Reyes, Chen Liu, Will Cavers, Dorothea Verbrugge and Kjel Johnson, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI
Background/Purpose: Healthcare utilization is increasing among patients with rheumatic diseases. While several studies have assessed healthcare utilization in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, few studies have…
Abstract Number: 0999 • ACR Convergence 2023
Race, Payer, and Hospital Factors Are Associated with Post-primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Healthcare Utilization
Kranti Rumalla¹, Sumanth Chandrupatla² and Jasvinder Singh², ¹Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Over 450,000 primary total hip arthroplasties (THA) are performed each year. One major indication for primary THA is the presence of osteoarthritis (OA). Patient…
Abstract Number: 1807 • ACR Convergence 2023
Hypothyroidism Impacts Clinical and Healthcare Utilization Outcomes After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Sumanth Chandrupatla¹, Kranti Rumalla² and Jasvinder Singh¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Most data on the effect of comorbidities on primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) outcomes is focused on conditions that directly impact joint health, or…

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