Abstracts tagged "Health Services Research"

Abstract Number: 1888 • ACR Convergence 2022
Novel Small Molecule Modulator of the gp130 Receptor Shows Dose-dependent Therapeutic Efficacy in a Canine Model of Osteoarthritis
Ben Van Handel¹, Candace Flynn², Emma Lamoure², Nancy Liu³, Jinxiu Lu³, Nancy Lane⁴, Mark Hurtig² and Denis Evseenko³, ¹CarthroniX, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of California Davis, Hillsborough, CA
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of OA often begins from an injury to articular cartilage, which establishes chronic, low-grade inflammation principally mediated by IL-6 family cytokines that…
Abstract Number: 0082 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Utilization Among Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Jean Park, W. Cliff Rutter, Will Cavers, Elisea Avalos-Reyes and Kjel Johnson, CVS Health, Lincoln, RI
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are considered at risk for serious COVID infections due to their…
Abstract Number: 0735 • ACR Convergence 2022
Facilitators and Barriers to Weekly Monitoring of Disease Activity with Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes: A Focus Group Study of Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis
Jim Wiegel¹, Bart Seppen², Michael Nurmohamed³, Marieke ter Wee⁴ and Wouter Bos¹, ¹Reade Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Vrije Universiteit | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam University Medical Center, Kortenhoef, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Telemonitoring disease activity with electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO's) may reduce the workload of rheumatic care by decreasing outpatient clinic visits. However, low adherence…
Abstract Number: 1908 • ACR Convergence 2022
Should Osteoarthritis Patients with Pain Scores More Than 8/10 Be Analyzed Separately or Excluded from Clinical Trial Protocols, as 72% Screen Positive for Fibromyalgia And/or Depression on a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ)?
Juan Schmukler¹, Kathryn Gibson², Tengfei Li³, Joel Block¹ and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ³Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Most osteoarthritis (OA) clinical trial protocols require a 0-10 pain visual numeric scale (VNS) or other quantitative pain score of 4/10 or more for…
Abstract Number: 0083 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Reasons for Hesitancy in a Large Rheumatology Practice Network
Amy Mudano¹, Fenglong Xie¹, Patrick Stewart², Lesley Jackson³, Maria Danila³, Kelly Gavigan⁴, William Benjamin Nowell⁵, Shilpa Venkatachalam⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ²Bendcare, Boca Raton, FL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁶Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ⁷Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Sub-optimal COVID-19 vaccine uptake by patients with autoimmune conditions is an area of concern to many rheumatologists and other providers. It is important to…
Abstract Number: 0738 • ACR Convergence 2022
Integrated Behavioral Health Services for Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Rheumatology Provider Perspectives
Dorothy Patterson¹, Jessica Link-Malcolm¹, Michelle Ghebranious² and Una Makris³, ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a common, burdensome symptom of many rheumatic diseases (RD). Certain health behaviors (i.e. smoking cessation and physical activity) are…
Abstract Number: 1919 • ACR Convergence 2022
Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment of Knee Osteoarthritis in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study
Lauren King¹, Esther Waugh¹, Ian Stanaitis², Alanna Weisman¹, Baiju Shah¹, Lorraine Lipscombe¹ and Gillian Hawker¹, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) and type 2 diabetes commonly co-occur due to shared risk factors. Concomitant knee OA makes type 2 diabetes management, particularly engaging…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Area-Level Heat and Social Vulnerability with Recurrent Hospitalizations Among Individuals with Rheumatic Conditions
Leah Santacroce, Paul Dellaripa, Karen Costenbader, Jamie collins and Candace Feldman, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The neighborhood where a person lives influences health behaviors, access, and outcomes, and contributes to disparities. The relationship between susceptibility to the effects of…
Abstract Number: 0743 • ACR Convergence 2022
Home-Based Telehealth in Rheumatology: A Systematic Review & Narrative Synthesis
Alexander Peck¹, Rebecca Grainger², Jeffrey Curtis³, John Cush⁴, Neelkamal Soares⁵, Nikhil Davuluri⁶, William Benjamin Nowell⁷, Sandeep Sodhi⁸, Danielle Grauer⁸, Natalie Fortune⁶, Shilpa Venkatachalam⁹, Daniel Kirby¹⁰, Jeffrey Alper¹¹, Kelly Gavigan¹², Laura Stradford⁷, David Curtis¹² and Swamy Venuturupalli¹, ¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ³Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴RheumNow, Dallas, TX, ⁵Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, ⁶Attune Health, Beverly HIlls, CA, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁸Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ¹⁰Bendcare, Charlotte, NC, ¹¹Bendcare, Naples, ¹²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: Home based telehealth (HBT) visits, where a patient is located at home with a remote provider, became common during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients now…
Abstract Number: 1927 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient and Parent Perceptions of an Established Rheumatology Transition Clinic for Adolescents and Young Adults
Rebecca Overbury¹, Devin Eddington², Katherine Sward², John Bohnsack¹, CJ Inman¹, Sara Stern¹, Karen James¹, Erin Treemarcki¹ and Aimee Hersh¹, ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Background/Purpose: The Adult Center for Childhood Onset Rheumatic Disease (ACCORD) is a clinical and research center for the health care transition (HCT) of adolescent and…
Abstract Number: 0094 • ACR Convergence 2022
Black Patients Are Less Satisfied with the Hospital Experience After Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
John Gibbons¹, Orett Burke¹, huong do¹, Emily Ying Lai¹, Bella Mehta², Letitia Bradford³, Michael Parks¹, Linda Russell¹, Anne Bass⁴, Mark Figgie¹ and Susan Goodman¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services, Sacramento, CA, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose:Patients' post-operative satisfaction with their hospital experience is important to patient care, hospital reimbursement, and comparison between hospitals. The Press Ganey (PG) inpatient survey is…
Abstract Number: 0745 • ACR Convergence 2022
Use of Telemedicine in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Publicly Funded Hospital System
Sebastian Bruera¹, Kristen Staggers¹, Maria Suarez-Almazor² and Sandeep Agarwal¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused a widespread and emergent use of telemedicine outpatient visits to avoid patient exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.…
Abstract Number: 1935 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Disparities Influence Healthcare Utilization in Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic
William Soulsby¹ and Emily von Scheven², ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Racial disparities are prevalent in chronic illness, including pediatric rheumatic diseases. Prior work has investigated the impact of race on disease activity and damage…
Abstract Number: 0056 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pilot Study to Implement the Type 1 & 2 SLE Model in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic
Amanda Eudy¹, Jennifer Rogers², Kai Sun³, Rebecca Sadun³, David Pisetsky⁴, Mithu Maheswaranathan², Jayanth Doss³, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁵ and Megan Clowse³, ¹Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ²Duke, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The Type 1 & 2 SLE Model was developed to better explain the signs, symptoms, and management goals of SLE to patients. We assembled…
Abstract Number: 0102 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Racial Implicit Bias on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients’ Treatment Recommendations
Alisha Akinsete¹, Illir Agalliu², Dawn Wahezi¹, Ellen Silvers², Onjona Hossain², Irene Blanco², Tamar Rubinstein³ and Cristina Gonzalez², ¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY
Background/Purpose: There are racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Implicit bias can contribute to these health disparities through provider communication and medical…

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