Abstracts tagged "quality improvement"

Abstract Number: 2028 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Compliance with Pneumococcal Vaccination in Rheumatic Disease Patients on Immunosuppressive Medications
Zainab Shahnawaz¹, Fatme Allam² and Andras Perl³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: The 2012 recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advise that adults aged ≥19 years with immunocompromising conditions including patients on iatrogenic immunosuppression…
Abstract Number: 2261 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Supporting Smoking Cessation in RA and SLE: Identifying Patient-Centered Outcomes
Aimée Wattiaux¹, Laura Block², Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi², Edmond Ramly³, Jane Sadusky⁴, Megan Piper⁵, Brittany Bettendorf⁶, Ann Rosenthal⁷ and Christie M. Bartels⁸, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ³Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin College of Engineering, Madison, WI, ⁴Research Consultant, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, Madison, WI, ⁶Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, MIlwaukee, WI, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁸Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA and SLE are at higher risk for premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) than peers. Smoking is a leading modifiable risk factor for…
Abstract Number: 434 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nurse Scheduled Telephone Visit: The Right Rheumatology Care for the Right Patient at the Right Time
Shazdeh Butt¹, Eric Newman² and Natasha Smith¹, ¹Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: Rising healthcare costs have resulted in greater patient burden, higher health insurance costs, deductibles, and copayments. Access to care is delayed and problematic. Many…
Abstract Number: 1404 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systematic Review and Appraisal of Quality Measures for Inflammatory Arthritis
Matthew Cooper¹ and Claire E H Barber², ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Quality measures are metrics health professionals can monitor to improve care delivery and patient outcomes. To be measurable they must include a specified numerator,…
Abstract Number: 3214 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Implementation of Treat to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Learning Collaborative
Daniel H. Solomon¹, Bing Lu², Elena Losina³, Jen Agosti⁴, Agnes Zak⁵, Cassandra Corrigan⁵, Zhi Yu⁶, Sara Lee⁵, Asaf Bitton⁷, LR Harrold⁸, Theodore Pincus⁹, Helga Radner¹⁰, Josef Smolen¹¹, Liana Fraenkel¹² and Jeffrey N. Katz¹³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴JRA Consulting, Andover, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Rheumatology Immunology & Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ¹²Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ¹³Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Treat to target (TTT) is a recommended strategy in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but various studies suggest that its uptake in routine…
Abstract Number: 422 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Developing a Staff-Driven Electronic Smoking Cessation Referral Program in Rheumatology Clinics
Daniel Panyard¹, Edmond Ramly², Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi³, Diane Lauver³, Robert Adsit⁴, Courtney Maxcy⁵ and Christie M. Bartels⁶, ¹Population Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁶Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD), making comorbid risk factors like…
Abstract Number: 427 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identifying Barriers to Zoster Vaccination Rates Among RA Patients in an Academic Rheumatology Practice
Ami Joglekar¹, Ashley Blaske² and Narender Annapureddy³, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: The risk of herpes zoster (HZ) infection in patients with rheumatic disease is 1.5 to 2 times that of the general population. The 2012 ACR Treatment…
Abstract Number: 430 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Process to Obtain Hepatitis B Serology Screening on Immunocompromised Pediatric Rheumatology Patients
Emily Smitherman¹, Leslie A. Favier¹, Adam Furnier², Sandra Kramer³, Barbara Speer⁴, John Kues⁴, Lara Danziger-Isakov³, Rebecca Brady⁵ and Jennifer L. Huggins⁶, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Division of infectious diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: In the setting of today’s heroin epidemic, hepatitis B infection remains a significant public health concern, especially for patients with immunocompromising conditions. With reports…
Abstract Number: 1027 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Assessment Frequencies in Clinical Practices Do Not Support Treat-to-Target Care
David Sikes¹, James Bower², Drew Johnson³, J. Timothy Harrington², Rafia Khalil⁴, Edmund LaCour⁵, Michael Naarendorp⁶, Hillary Norton⁷ and Kathleen Thomas⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Florida Medical Clinic PA, Zephyrhills, FL, ²Joiner Associates LLC, Madison, WI, ³Crescendo Bioscience, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Rafia Khalil Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, PC, Port Huron, MI, ⁵Dothan Medical Associates PC, Dothan, AL, ⁶Harlem Rhematology, LLC, New York, NY, ⁷Rheumatology, Santa Fe Rheumatology, Santa Fe, NM, ⁸Community Rheumatology, Noblesville, IN
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-Target (T2T) recommendations for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) care include standardized frequencies of disease activity (DA) assessment based on DA level. For this study, "on…
Abstract Number: 1998 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A National Electronic Health Record-Enabled Registry in Rheumatology: The ACR’s Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE)
Jinoos Yazdany¹, Rachel Myslinski², Melissa Francisco³, Nick Bansback⁴, Megan E. B. Clowse⁵, Deborah Collier⁶, Karen Law⁷, Katherine Liao⁸, Kaleb Michaud⁹, Esi Morgan-DeWitt¹⁰, Jim Oates¹¹, Catalina Orozco¹², Andreas Reimold¹³, Julia F Simard¹⁴ and Salahuddin Kazi¹⁵, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Governance & Ethics Specialist, Amer College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ³Practice, Advocacy & Quality, American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Clinical Rheumatologist, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁶Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center and National Data Bank, Omaha, NE, ¹⁰Pediatric rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹¹Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²Arthritis Consultation Ctr, Dallas, TX, ¹³Rheumatology, VAMC, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁴Division of Epidemiology, Health Research and Policy Department, and Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ¹⁵Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Title: A National Electronic Health Record-Enabled Registry in Rheumatology: The ACR's Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE)Background/Purpose: In 2014, the ACR launched the Rheumatology Informatics…
Abstract Number: 2228 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Brief Educational Intervention Improves Gout Patients’ Understanding of Their Disease
Slavica Bobic¹, Mark Tratenberg¹, Julia Ash¹, Amy Wasserman² and Kirk Sperber¹, ¹Rheumatology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ²New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: To assess gout patients’ baseline knowledge of their disease and to measure knowledge improvement after brief educational session. Methods: In this study, 13 patients…
Abstract Number: 2317 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Measures Often Provide Discordant Results in Clinical Practice Populations
Gary Crump¹, James Bower², Terrence Foley³, J. Timothy Harrington², Nikita Hegde⁴, Drew Johnson⁵, Rafia Khalil⁶, Edmund LaCour⁷ and Robert Perhala⁸, ¹Rheumatology Associates - Louisville, Louisville, KY, ²Joiner Associates LLC, Madison, WI, ³Terrence Foley MD Inc, Concord Twp, OH, ⁴Akron General Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, ⁵Crescendo Bioscience, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁶Rafia Khalil Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, PC, Port Huron, MI, ⁷Dothan Medical Associates PC, Dothan, AL, ⁸University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Accurate rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity assessment is required for treatment consistent with Treat-to-Target (T2T) recommendations. Rheumatologists currently use a variety of patient-generated, physician-generated,…
Abstract Number: 2487 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Practices Participating in a Quality Improvement Project Make Progress in Implementing Population Management
Erin Arnold¹, William Arnold¹, James Bower², Douglas Conaway³, J. Timothy Harrington², Drew Johnson⁴, James Mossell⁵, Joy Schechtman⁶ and Anne Winkler⁷, ¹Orthopedics and Rheumatology of the North Shore, Skokie, IL, ²Joiner Associates LLC, Madison, WI, ³Rheumatology/Medicine, Carolina Health Specialists, Myrtle Beach, SC, ⁴Crescendo Bioscience, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁵Arthritis and Osteo Center of South Georgia, Tifton, GA, ⁶Sun Valley Arthritis Center LTD, Peoria, AZ, ⁷Rheumatology, Winkler Medical Practice LLC, Springfield, MO
Background/Purpose: Population management (PM) offers a promising approach to providing Treat-to-Target (T2T) care for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). PM depends on providing standardized, on-time disease activity…
Abstract Number: 2491 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Documentation of Disease Activity Score As Part of a Treat to Target Strategy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sarah Homann¹ and Beth Scholz², ¹Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Compared to routine care, the Treat to Target (TTT) strategy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been validated to improve functional and radiographic outcomes via…
Abstract Number: 2499 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
No More No Shows: Improving the Appointment Reminder System at an Urban County Hospital Outpatient Rheumatology Clinic
Shire Beach¹, Sarah Goglin², Mary Margaretten^1,2, Laura Trupin¹ and Jinoos Yazdany², ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: High appointment no-show rates lead to disrupted delivery of care and inefficient use of healthcare resources. Appointment reminder calls are cost-effective in lowering no-show…

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