Abstracts tagged "Quality improvement and rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 930 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How to Implement Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment for Patients with Inflammatory Joint Diseases in Daily Rheumatology Practice: An Overview of a Nationwide Norwegian Project
Eirik Ikdahl¹, Silvia Rollefstad², Grunde Wibetoe³, Anne Salberg⁴, Dag Magnar Soldal⁵, Inge C Olsen⁶, Tore K Kvien⁶, Glenn Haugeberg⁷ and Anne Grete Semb¹, ¹Preventive Cardio-Rheuma clinic, Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Martina Hansens Hospital, Bærum, Norway
Background/Purpose: The EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management in patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) states that CVD risk assessment should be considered…
Abstract Number: 1356 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Collaboration Between a Third Party Payer and Community Rheumatologists to Create a Clinical Pathway for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis to Assure Proper Use of Biologics and Quality of Care
Alan K. Matsumoto¹, Herbert S. B. Baraf², Bruce Feinberg³, Phil Miller⁴ and Daniel Winn⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, Wheaton, MD, ²Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, Wheaton, MD, ³Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH, ⁴CareFirst BlueCross, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose Use of biologic agents for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis continues to grow rapidly, with the cost of these agents putting a significant strain…

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