Abstracts tagged "quality and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 323 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Gains in Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Documentation on Outcomes over Time
Jing Li¹, Julie Gandrup¹, Laura Trupin¹, Zara Izadi², Jinoos Yazdany¹ and Gabriela Schmajuk³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite significant interest in using health information technology (IT) to improve processes of care such as documentation of disease activity in RA, few studies…
Abstract Number: 2638 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multiple Psychosocial Factors Influence Subjective Assessments of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ying L. Liu¹, Joan M. Bathon^2,3 and Jon T. Giles⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Medicine, Columbia University, College, New York, NY, ³Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Measuring disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is important in evaluating efficacy of treatments, but many tests are subjective and lead to discordance in…
Abstract Number: 941 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biologic De-Escalation in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Cost Savings and Clinical Success
Tarun S. Sharma¹, Lyudmila Kirillova², Andrea Berger³ and Eric D. Newman⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Rheumatology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ³Center for Health Research, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: Economic considerations and clinical risks of prolonged biologic use in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) have emerged as concerns. In this study, we measured the clinical…
Abstract Number: 2254 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Persistently High Use Over the Past Decade Despite Advent of Biologics
Dana DiRenzo^1,2, Haiyan Sun³, H. Lester Kirchner³ and Eric D. Newman⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Geisinger Center for Health Research, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is commonly used when traditional medicine cannot reliably alter the disease. Over the past decade, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment…

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