Abstracts tagged "Healthcare system"

Abstract Number: 1156 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Differences in Clinical Outcomes According to the Healthcare Regime in Colombian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Julian Barahona-Correa¹, Jorge Florez ¹, Mateo Rodriguez ², Karen Ramirez ³, Paul Mendez-Patarroyo ¹, Paola Coral-Alvarado ¹ and Gerardo Quintana-López ¹, ¹Reumavance Group, section of Rheumatology, Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota University Hospital, Bogota DC, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ²School of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ³School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota DC, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) generates high impact on patients and healthcare systems. Adequate control of disease activity depends to a large extent on the access…
Abstract Number: 2828 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Implementing the BP Connect Systems-Based Blood Pressure Follow-Up Protocol with Community Rheumatology Clinic Teams
Edmond Ramly ¹, Douglas White ², Amanda Perez ¹ and Christie Bartels¹, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Gundersen Health System, Onalaska
Background/Purpose: Despite recognition that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) accelerates cardiovascular disease (CVD) and hypertension impacts 50% of RA patients, up to 50% lack blood pressure (BP)…
Abstract Number: 277 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcomes of Telemedicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Alaska Native Population
Elizabeth Ferucci¹, Tammy Choromanski¹, Gretchen Day² and Sarah Freeman³, ¹Division of Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, ²Clinical and Research Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, ³Telehealth, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), access to a rheumatologist is associated with improved quality of care and outcomes. Telemedicine has been proposed as a solution…
Abstract Number: 2389 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluating Disease Activity Outcomes for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis across the Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN)
Emily A. Smitherman¹, Bin Huang², Ronald M. Laxer³, C. April Bingham⁴, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner⁵, Beth Gottlieb⁶, Jennifer Weiss⁷, Tzielan Lee⁸, Sheetal S. Vora⁹, Jon (Sandy) Burnham¹⁰, Julia Harris¹¹, Judyann C. Olson¹², Mileka Gilbert¹³, Michelle Batthish¹⁴, Michael Shishov¹⁵, Dustin Fleck¹⁶ and Esi Morgan¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Div of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology PTD, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Lake Success, NY, ⁷Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Children's Mercy - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹²Ped/MACC Fund Research Ctr, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ¹³Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁴Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ¹⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Brighton, MI
Background/Purpose: It is widely accepted that the treatment goal for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is remission. PR-COIN, a quality improvement collaborative comprised of pediatric rheumatology…
Abstract Number: 1498 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Engaging Clinic Staff in Work System Redesign to Adapt a Hypertension Protocol for Rheumatology
Edmond Ramly¹, Diane Lauver² and Christie M. Bartels³, ¹Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ³Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Despite routine blood pressure (BP) measurement by clinic staff, we reported that rheumatologists discussed elevated BPs in <1/3 of visits leading to missed opportunities…
Abstract Number: 2311 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tele-Rheumatology: Despite Improved Access Could There be a Potential Delay in Care without a Skilled “Presenter”?
Zsolt Kulcsar¹, Daniel A. Albert², Krista Merrihew³ and John Mecchella⁴, ¹Rheumatology/Leadership Preventive Medicine Residency, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, lebanon, NH, ²Rheumatology, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, ³Rheumatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Rheumatology, Giesel school of medicine and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Arthritis treatment in New Hampshire (NH) is complicated by the fact that a large proportion of the population lives in rural areas (60%) with…
Abstract Number: 1811 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Burden of Depression on Healthcare Utilization in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Alfredo Aguirre¹, Gaobin Bao², S. Sam Lim³ and Cristina Drenkard⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Medicine, Div Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose . Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic disease that disproportionately strikes black women. Depression is a potentially debilitating co-morbidity that affects 15-75% of…
Abstract Number: 902 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Co-Management for Children with JIA: A Survey of Primary Care Providers Regarding Current Practices and Willingness to Provide Services
Amanda Mroczek¹, Gary Freed² and Meredith Riebschleger¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology & Health Services Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Rheumatology (PR) is among the smallest and least geographically accessible of the pediatric subspecialties. This problem may be addressed by utilizing the more…