Abstracts tagged "Quality Indicators"

Abstract Number: 0572 • ACR Convergence 2022
ACR Workgroup to Develop Recommendations for PRO Use in Clinical Care for SLE
Patricia Katz¹, Claire Barber², Ali Duarte-Garcia³, Shivani Garg⁴, Wambui Machua⁵, Yesenia Santiago-Casas⁶, Wendy Rodgers⁷, Lisa Suter⁸, Jennifer Ude⁹, Tracy Johansson⁹, Christie Bartels¹⁰ and Jinoos Yazdany¹¹, ¹UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵Piedmont Physicians, Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Integral Rheumatology and Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ⁷Lupus Foundation of America, Torrance, CA, ⁸Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁹American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁰University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ¹¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are not consistently used in clinical settings for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). As part of a Centers for…
Abstract Number: 1267 • ACR Convergence 2022
Accuracy of Financial Disclosures in American-Based Rheumatology Journals
Mary Guan¹, Michael Pillinger² and Aryeh Abeles³, ¹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Wallingford, CT
Background/Purpose: Prior studies demonstrated that authors of publications may not accurately disclose their financial relationships with industry. One recent study reported that among authors of…
Abstract Number: 1273 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of ACR Longitudinal Digital Quality Measures for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data Availability and Preliminary Measure Performance in the RISE Registry
April Jorge¹, Alfredo Aguirre², April Barnado³, Bonnie Bermas⁴, Candace Feldman⁵, Shraddha Jatwani⁶, Alex Limanni⁷, JoAnn Zell⁸, Claire Barber⁹, Ali Duarte-Garcia¹⁰, Shivani Garg¹¹, Jing Li², Gabriela Schmajuk¹², Jinoos Yazdany¹³ and Christie Bartels¹⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Albert Einstein Medical Center, Ambler, PA, ⁷Self, Dallas, TX, ⁸University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, ⁹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ¹²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ¹³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Digital quality measures can facilitate monitoring and improvement of health care quality on a population level. As part of a CDC-funded ACR initiative to…
Abstract Number: 1277 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Patient Appropriate Osteoporosis Screening with Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Scans in an Academic Internal Medicine Practice
Nithin Pusapati¹, Rebecca Fitzpatrick¹, Manya Gupta¹ and Sonali Khandelwal², ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rush University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Nearly 53.6 million people in America have osteoporosis with increasing incidence each year (Brauer, JAMA 2009). Almost 25% of people with a hip fracture…
Abstract Number: 1280 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Perceive the Quality of Care They Receive to Be Suboptimal
Sidha Sreedharan¹, Geoffrey Littlejohn², Russell Buchanan³, Mandana Nikpour⁴, Eric Morand⁵, Alberta Hoi⁶ and Vera Golder⁷, ¹Monash Health, North Melbourne, Australia, ²OPAL Rheumatology Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, ³Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, ⁴The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Monash University, Victoria; Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disease associated with frequent healthcare interactions. The Chronic Care Model is a widely accepted framework…
Abstract Number: 1297 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Paediatric-Adult Provider Dyad Care Model Improves Transition from Paediatric to Adult Health Care for Youth with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Tala El Tal¹, Abdulaziz el Mutairi¹, Amanda Steiman² and Earl Silverman³, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multi-system autoimmune disease affecting 1 in 1000 individuals, of whom 20% develop the disease in childhood. Childhood-onset…
Abstract Number: 1298 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network Demonstrates Outcome Improvement for Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Catherine Bingham¹, Julia Harris², Sheetal Vora³, Mileka Gilbert⁴, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner⁵, Kerry Ferraro⁶, Tingting Qiu⁷, Jon Burnham⁸, Michelle Batthish⁹, Beth Gottlieb¹⁰, Daniel Lovell⁷, Ronald Laxer¹¹, Tzielan Lee¹², Danielle Bullock¹³, Charles H Spencer¹⁴, Jennifer Weiss¹⁵, Melissa Hazen¹⁶, Edward Oberle¹⁷, Melissa Mannion¹⁸, Nancy Pan¹⁹, Michael Shishov²⁰, Danielle Fair²¹, Mary Toth²², Kendra Wiegand⁷ and Esi Morgan²³, ¹Penn State Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, ²Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ³Atrium Health Levine Children's, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁵Texas Children's Hospital/ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network, Philadelphia, ⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁸Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Cohen Children's Medical Center, Lake Success, NY, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ¹³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, MS, ¹⁵Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁶Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²⁰Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ²¹Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ²²Nemours Foundation, Orlando, FL, ²³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN) is a Learning Health Network designed to improve outcomes of care for children with juvenile idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2022
Hitting the Target Together: Supporting Shared Decision-Making with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Patients Followed in the Out-Patient Rheumatology Setting at the Hospital for Sick Children
Jo-Anne Marcuz¹, Brian Feldman², Y. Ingrid Goh³, Niina Kim⁴, Piya Lahiry⁵, Deborah Levy², Elizaveta Limenis⁶, Jeanine McColl⁷, Christine O'Brien⁸, Susan Paetkau⁴, Shirley Tse², Kristi Whitney⁸ and Ronald Laxer², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Department of Rehabilitation, The Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Department of Rehabilitation, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children with significant morbidity that extends into adulthood. Despite advances in effective…
Abstract Number: 1315 • ACR Convergence 2022
Building Stronger Bones: Optimizing Osteoporosis Screening at a Primary Care Clinic
Rebecca Pietro¹, Shu Min Lao¹ and Geeta Varghese², ¹Mount Sinai Morningside West, New York, NY, ²Ryan Chelsea Clinton Clinic, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is a silent disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone quality, affecting 25% of women.1 The United States Preventive Services…
Abstract Number: 2202 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Visit-based Retention and Receipt of Serologic Testing with Acute Care Use Among Young Adults with Lupus: A Medicare Cohort Study
Maria Schletzbaum¹, Brad C. Astor², W. Ryan Powell³, Shivani Garg⁴, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁵, Joseph A. Kramer⁶, Amy J. Kind⁷ and Christie Bartels⁸, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Middleton, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division and Department of Population Sciences, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Disparities Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Emergency Medicine; and the Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine & Center for Health Disparities Research,, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Division & Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁸University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: While high quality lupus care is associated with less damage, the impact of care use patterns and care quality on lupus outcomes remains unclear,…
Abstract Number: 0640 • ACR Convergence 2021
Implementation of Digital Prompt in Electronic Medical Records Improves Pneumonia Vaccination Rates in Patients Prescribed TNF-Inhibitors
Manjeet Bhamra¹ and Andras Perl², ¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²State University of New York, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors (TNFi) predispose to bacterial infections including pneumonia. In turn, vaccination with pneumococcal 13 valent (PCV13) and pneumococcal 23 valent…
Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2021
Follow-up Scheduling Appears Essential for Success of Rheumatology High Blood Pressure Protocol Across Health Systems
Christie Bartels, Bret Hanlon, Monica Messina, Sancia Ferguson and Edmond Ramly, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: To address high blood pressure (BP), target of two ACR quality measures and the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, we previously developed…
Abstract Number: 0737 • ACR Convergence 2021
Enhanced Arthrocentesis of the Flexed Knee with Pneumatic Compression
Sumir Brahmbhatt¹, Ahsan Iqbal¹, Fatemeh Farshami², Maheswari Muruganandam³, Jaren Trost⁴, David Cisneros⁵, Adnan Kiani³, N. Suzanne Emil³, Sharon Nunez¹, William Hayward⁶, Philip Band⁷ and Wilmer Sibbitt³, ¹UNM, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, MD, ³University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴Optum, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, ⁶New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, ⁷NYU SOM, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: To explore an alternative to standard extended knee arthrocentesis using pneumatic compression of the flexed knee.Methods: Using a paired sample design, 41 consecutive effusive…
Abstract Number: 1180 • ACR Convergence 2021
Better Websites, Better Match: Assessing Quality of Rheumatology Fellowship Websites
Hiral Patel¹, D. Benjamin Riffe¹ and Rachel Wolfe², ¹Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ²Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC
Background/Purpose: The internet has become an indispensable tool for residency and fellowship recruitment. Prospective applicants rely on publicly available information to learn about the application…
Abstract Number: 1895 • ACR Convergence 2021
Achievement of Target Serum Uric Acid Among Gout Patients Treated with Long-term Urate Lowering Therapy in the ACR’s Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Nevin Hammam, Jing Li, Julia L Kay, Jinoos Yazdany and Gabriela Schmajuk, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) 2012 guidelines for the management of gout recommend using a treat-to-target (T2T) approach to lower serum uric acid…

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