Abstracts tagged "inflammatory arthritis and nursing roles"

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…