Abstracts tagged "pediatric to adult and quality improvement"

Abstract Number: 1127 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Interventions to Improve Time to Appointment and Outcome Variables in the Pediatric to Adult Transition of Care in Rheumatology
Nicole Bitencourt¹, Una Makris ², Bonnie Bermas ³, Tracey Wright ⁴ and Elizabeth Solow ⁵, ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, ³UT Southwestern, Dallas, ⁴University of Texas Southwestern, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, ⁵UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The transition from pediatric to adult care is a vulnerable period, in which poor health outcomes are reported amongst youth transferring to adult care.…