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  • Abstract Number: 1797 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Insights from Treating to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis at an Academic Medical Center

    Malithi Jayasundara1, Ryan Jessee2, Jason Weiner3, Tayseer Haroun4, Stephanie Giattino5, Atul Kapila4, Jenelle Hall4, Lisa Carnago4 and Lisa Criscione-Schreiber6, 1Rheumatology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 3Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 4Duke University, Durham, NC, 5Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 6Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: Current RA guidelines recommend treating to a target of remission or low disease activity (RM/LDA) state.  In a prior quality improvement (QI) project, our…
  • Abstract Number: 1798 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Effective Implementation and Evaluation of Quality Improvement Initiatives in a Safety Net Hospital Rheumatology Clinic

    Alfredo Aguirre1, Laura Trupin2, Mary Margaretten3, Sarah Goglin4 and Jinoos Yazdany2, 1Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 2Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Vulnerable populations with autoimmune rheumatic diseases are at higher risk for disparities in care. To address these health inequalities we developed and evaluated 2…
  • 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: 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: 2541 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Improving Adherence with Treat to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Learning Collaborative: Rationale and Design of the Traction Trial

    Daniel H. Solomon1, Sara Lee2, Agnes Zak2, Jen Agosti3, Asaf Bitton4, Liana Fraenkel5, Leslie Harrold6, Elena Losina7, Bing Lu8, Theodore Pincus9, Josef S. Smolen10 and Jeffrey N. Katz11, 1Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3JRA Consulting, Andover, MA, 4Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 6Dept of Medicine, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA, 7Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, BU School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 8Rheumatology Immunology & Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 9Medicine-Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, 10Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 11Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose:   Treat to target (TTT) is a recommended paradigm in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  However, various data sources suggest that TTT is…
  • 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…
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