Abstracts tagged "outcomes and quality improvement"

Abstract Number: 2963 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Clinically Inactive Disease in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis- a Quaternary Center Experience
Cagri Yildirim-Toruner¹, Ohoud AlAhmed², Fatima Barbar-Smiley³, Karla Jones³, Melanie Kohlheim⁴, Stephanie Lemle⁵, Darby MacDonald², Evan Mulvihill⁶, Edward Oberle², Aliese Sarkissian², Vidya Sivaraman⁷, Bethanne Thomas², Kelly Wise⁸ and Stacy P. Ardoin¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁶Pediatrics and Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁸Specialty Pharmacy/Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the most common pediatric rheumatologic diagnosis, influences many aspects of a child’s life. Although there is no known cure, disease…
Abstract Number: 309 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Compression Assisted Arthrocentesis and Intraarticular Injection
James Bennett¹, Tej Bhavsar¹, Romy Cabacungan², Sabeen Yaqub¹, Monthida Fangtham³, N. Suzanne Emil¹, Roderick Fields⁴, Konstantin Konstantinov⁵, Arthur Bankhurst⁶, William Hayward⁷ and Wilmer Sibbitt Jr.³, ¹Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, ²Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ³Rheumatology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴Internal Medicine/ Rheumatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵1 University Of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ⁶Rheumatology, University of NM Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, ⁷Exercise and Sport Sciences, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Background/Purpose: We hypothesized that compression assisted arthrocentesis of the knee would improve arthrocentesis fluid yields and intraarticular injection outcomes.Methods: We performed conventional arthrocentesis on 215…
Abstract Number: 2994 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Outcomes Using a Treat to Target Approach and Clinical Decision Support in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Lisa Buckley¹, Eileen Ware², Genna Kreher², Lisa Wiater¹, Jay Mehta¹ and Jon (Sandy) Burnham¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Office of Clinical Quality Improvement, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (Poly-JIA) causes pain, functional disability, and joint damage. Variation in Poly-JIA clinical assessment and treatment likely has a negative…

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