Abstracts tagged "networking and primary care"

Abstract Number: 105 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regional Primary Care Rheumatology Networks for Patients with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: Need for a National Approach
Wilfred Peter¹, Florus van der Giesen², Cornelia H.M. van den Ende³, Joost Dekker⁴ and Thea P. M. Vliet Vlieland⁵, ¹Orthopeadics, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Leids University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Orthopaedics, Rehabilitations and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Regional primary care rheumatology networks of health professionals (HPs) are instituted to improve the quality of care for patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases…