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  • Abstract Number: 1079 • ACR Convergence 2021

    A Multifaceted Approach to Increasing Enrollment and Activation of Pediatric Rheumatology Patient Portal Profiles

    Y. Ingrid Goh1, Ma'Anne Gawaran1, Neelam Walji-Jivraj1, Kristi Whitney2, Christine O'Brien1, Tala El Tal3, Shirley Tse2, Deborah Levy1, Brian Feldman1, Holly Convery1, Audrey Bell-Peter1, Michelle Anderson1, Lynn Spiegel1, Dilan Dissanayake1, Chelsea DeCoste1, Raphael Kraus1, Jayne MacMahon1, Jeanine McColl1, Alaa Shehab1, Paul Tsoukas4, Linda Hiraki1, Andrea Knight4, Elizaveta Limenis1, Rayfel Schneider1, Ruud Verstegen1, Rae Yeung1, Alexa Latourelle1, Leah Moscato1, Alisha Panjwani1 and Ronald Laxer2, 1The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Patient portals provide patients and caregivers the opportunity to be more engaged in their healthcare, as it promotes autonomy and encourages patients and caregivers…
  • Abstract Number: 0424 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Incremental Healthcare Costs of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) Compared to Asthma: Retrospective Analysis of Commercial Claims Data in the United States (US)

    Christopher Bell1, Juliana Meyers2 and Mayank Ajmera2, 1GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2RTI-Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC

    Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly Churg-Strauss Syndrome, is a rare, complex multisystem disorder, characterized by vascular inflammation and multisystem organ damage. EGPA manifests…
  • Abstract Number: 1080 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Effect of Triage by a Rheumatologist in a Primary Care Setting

    Elke van Delft1, Deirisa Lopes Barreto2, Huub Han1, Ilja Tchetverikov3, Adrie Evertse4, Martijn Kuijper1, Mieke Hazes5 and Angelique Weel-Koenders1, 1Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 4Medical Centre Molenaar, Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands, 5Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: General practitioners have difficulties recognising inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD), reflected by a low incidence rate of IRD in newly referred arthralgia patients. On the…
  • Abstract Number: 0464 • ACR Convergence 2021

    The Impact of Timely Post-Discharge Follow-up on Readmission Risk Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Maria Schletzbaum1, Nadia Sweet2, W Ryan Powell2, Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi3, Farah Kaiksow2, Ann Sheehy2, Amy Kind2 and Christie Bartels2, 1University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Middleton, WI, 2University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 3University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has the 6th highest hospital readmission rate of all US chronic diseases with significant health disparities and costs. Transitional care…
  • Abstract Number: 1081 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Improving Rheumatology Resource Utilization and Access to Specialty Care for Patients with Early Inflammatory Arthritis Through Enhanced Triage

    Kristina Roche1, John Hanly1, Jennifer MacKinnon2, Susan Parlee2, Trudy Taylor1, Volodko Bakowsky1, Cheri Gunn2, Nikolas Harris3 and Janet Roberts4, 1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, 3The Arthritis Society, Halifax, NS, Canada, 4Dalhousie University, Halifac, NS, Canada

    Background/Purpose: In many health care jurisdictions the demand for rheumatology consultation exceeds the capacity to provide timely access for all referrals. This has highlighted the…
  • Abstract Number: 0600 • ACR Convergence 2021

    A Cohort Study of Retention in Ambulatory Lupus Care Among Medicare Patients with SLE-related Hospitalizations

    Maria Schletzbaum1, Carlos Torres2, Amy Kind2, Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi3, Ann Sheehy2 and Christie Bartels2, 1University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Middleton, WI, 2University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 3University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI

    Background/Purpose: In other conditions that require chronic management, poor retention in ambulatory care is associated with adverse outcomes. We previously identified that living in the…
  • Abstract Number: 1138 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Assessing Trends in Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Utilization Among Medical Providers in the United States

    Timothy Edgil1, Kenneth Saag2, Jeffrey Curtis3 and Maria I. Danila2, 1Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: The twenty first century has seen falling reimbursement rates for dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) testing coupled with a rising elderly population in the…
  • Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Title: EHR-Supported Staff Protocol Improves Smoking Cessation in a Diverse Rheumatology Clinic: Updated Results of Quit Connect Dissemination

    Jennifer Brandt1, Edmond Ramly2, Monica Messina3, S Sam Lim4 and Christie Bartels3, 1Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, 3University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 4Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

    Background/Purpose: Smoking is a risk factor for rheumatologic conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and predicts worse outcomes. Smoking and rheumatic disease increase risk for…
  • Abstract Number: 1154 • ACR Convergence 2021

    What Do Patients Know About Biosimilars and How Satisfied Are They with the Educational Process? – A Systematic Comparison Between Rheumatologists and Nurse Specialists, Including Effects of Multiswitching

    Sabina Gall, Uta Kiltz, Tanja Kobylinski, Ioana Andreica, Kristina Vaupel, Xenofon Baraliakos and Jürgen Braun, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany

    Background/Purpose: The market share of biosimilars (bsDMARDs) is steadily growing, not only in rheumatologic care. Although data on efficacy, efficiency and safety have been generated…
  • Abstract Number: 0643 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Tailored BP Connect Protocol with Implementation Support for Rheumatology Clinic Staff Exceeds Non-tailored Protocol at Improving Primary Care Referrals for Blood Pressure Follow-up

    David Gazeley1, Monica Messina2, Edmond Ramly2, Ann Rosenthal1, Laurie Lapp2, Laura Stewart3 and Christie Bartels2, 1Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 3Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

    Background/Purpose: Many rheumatic diseases increase risk of cardiovascular disease, yet an important modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, high blood pressure (BP), often remains unaddressed during rheumatology…
  • Abstract Number: 1272 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Characterizing Patient and Physician Perceptions of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Disease Burden Using Traditional Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes Measures

    Christopher Bell1, Shirley Huang1, Meg Wang2, Maral DerSarkissian2, Mei Sheng Duh2, Bhavna Dhillon3, Carlyne Averell1, Bernie Rubin1 and Daniel Wallace4, 1GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2Analysis Group, Boston, MA, 3United Rheumatology, Hauppauge, NY, 4Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic, autoimmune disease affecting multiple organ systems, and characterized by fluctuating disease activity. Many SLE disease measures may be impractical for…
  • Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Follow-up Scheduling Appears Essential for Success of Rheumatology High Blood Pressure Protocol Across Health Systems

    Christie Bartels, Bret Hanlon, Monica Messina, Sancia Ferguson and Edmond Ramly, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

    Background/Purpose: To address high blood pressure (BP), target of two ACR quality measures and the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, we previously developed…
  • Abstract Number: 1597 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Arthritis Patient Perspectives on Virtual Care for People Living with Arthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic and for the Future

    Maya Joshi1, Anita Chan1, Adriana Lima2, Kelly Lendvoy1, Eric Sayre2 and Cheryl Koehn1, 1Arthritis Consumer Experts, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Virtual Care (VC) is the delivery of health care services and information by electronic methods (video, smartphones, email, text) and may support arthritis patients…
  • Abstract Number: 0666 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Process Mapping Gout Hospitalizations: A Deep Dive into an Avoidable Epidemic

    Mark Russell1, Benjamin Ellis2, Benjamin Clarke1, Deepak Nagra1 and James Galloway3, 1King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, 3Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Hospital admissions for gout flares have increased dramatically in recent years. Strategies to reduce hospitalizations and improve uptake of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) are needed.…
  • Abstract Number: 1838 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Further Construct Validation of the

    Julia Spierings1, Voon Ong2 and Christopher Denton3, 1University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2University College London Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, 3University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Evaluation of skin is central in clinical management of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic remote consultations were widely implemented, which inevitably…
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