Abstracts tagged "Quality measures and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 1202 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Testing Rheumatoid Arthritis Performance Measures to Optimize Treat to Target Strategies
Claire Barber¹, Dianne Mosher ², Glen Hazlewood ¹, Paul MacMullan ², Cheryl Barnabe ², Victoria Bohm ², James Rankin ², Joanne Homik ³, Kelly English ⁴, Karen Tsui ⁵, Bo Pan ⁶, Martina Stevenson ², Namneet Sandhu ², Andrea Emrick ², Liam Martin ¹, Caylib Durand ², Michelle Jung ² and Diane Lacaille ⁷, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Patient Advocacy Board, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Patient Advisory Board, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Arthritis Research Canada and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to operationalize and report on 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) performance measures previously identified in the Patient-Centered Framework for…
Abstract Number: 329 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of Inter-Professional Collaboration to Improve Adherence to American College of Rheumatology Recommendations for Use of Disease Activity Measures
Elisheva Weinberger¹, Douglas Einstadter² and Marina Magrey¹, ¹Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: “Treat to target” is the goal of therapy in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) based on the 2015 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)…
Abstract Number: 1892 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient and Health System Characteristics Associated with Receipt of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in a National VA Sample
Jennifer Barton^1,2, Aldona Herrndorf³, Gabriela Schmajuk⁴, Rachel A. Matsumoto³, Linda Ganzini^2,3 and Kathleen Carlson^2,3, ¹Rheumatology, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ⁴San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates the largest integrated health care system in the U.S. The proportion of Veterans with RA who receive…
Abstract Number: 342 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Health Related Quality of Life Is Comparable in Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Spite of Different Disease Activity. SF-36 Data from a Large Prospective Observational Multicentre Study
Brigitte Michelsen^1,2, Till Uhlig¹, Eirik K Kristianslund¹, Joseph Sexton¹, Elisabeth Lie¹, Karen M Fagerli³, Hilde B Hammer⁴, Glenn Haugeberg^5,6 and Tore K Kvien⁷, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ³Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Martina Hansens Hospital, Bærum, Norway, ⁶NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: It is well established that RA patients have lower health related quality of life (HRQoL) across several domains compared with the general population, whereas…
Abstract Number: 2040 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Quality of Care for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in an Underserved Area
Qingying Lai¹ and Beverly Johnson², ¹Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Department of Rheumatology, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has endorsed a set of quality measurements for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our patient population was at…
Abstract Number: 1405 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality Measures in High Priority Rheumatologic Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review and Analysis
Melissa Wells¹, Stephanie Giattino¹, Malithi Jayasundara¹, Lisa Criscione-Schrieber¹, Arif Kamal² and Eugene William St.Clair¹, ¹Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: To identify published quality measures in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), osteoporosis, spondyloarthropathy (SpA) and gout for the purpose of summarizing the existing measures…
Abstract Number: 1832 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
National Quality Forum Measure Achievement and Costs in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in a Large Managed Care Population
Roxanne Meyer¹, Susan C. Bolge², Joseph Tkacz³, Brenna Brady³ and Charles Ruetsch⁴, ¹Janssen Scientific Affairs, Horsham, PA, ²Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ³Health Analytics, LLC, Columbia, MD, ⁴Health Analytics LLC, Columbia, MD
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology and National Quality Forum (NQF) recommend monitoring quality measures among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Previously we described the proportion…
Abstract Number: 1833 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality of Primary Care Management of Patients with and without Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Jessica Widdifield¹, Claire Bombardier², Jacqueline Young¹, Noah Ivers³, R. Liisa Jaakkimainen⁴, Sasha Bernatsky⁵, J. Michael Paterson¹, J. Carter Thorne⁶, Pooneh S.Akhavan⁷, Debra Butt¹, Vandana Ahluwalia⁸ and Karen Tu¹, ¹Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸William Osler Health Center, Brampton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the quality of care received by patients with multiple chronic conditions in primary care and whether quality care is different…
Abstract Number: 198 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Accuracy Of International Classification Of Diseases (Ninth Revision) Coding For Rheumatoid Arthritis In The Primary Care Setting
Sheena Ogando¹, Karolina M. Weiss¹ and Harry D. Fischer², ¹Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Current quality measures are diagnosis driven and focus on management. For rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the Physician Quality Reporting System requires that a disease modifying…
Abstract Number: 181 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality Measure Results In a Large Managed Care Population
Roxanne Meyer¹, Lorie A. Ellis², Susan C. Bolge³, Andrew Howe⁴ and Yunping Zhou⁴, ¹Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, NY, ²Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ⁴Comprehensive Health Insights, Louisville, KY
Background/Purpose: Improvement in quality of care is of growing interest to both physicians and payers. Both the American College of Rheumatology and National Quality Forum…
Abstract Number: 182 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
National Quality Forum Measures Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients In a Large Managed Care Population
Roxanne Meyer¹, Lorie A. Ellis², Susan C. Bolge³, Joseph Tkacz⁴, Peter Kardel⁴ and Charles Ruetsch⁴, ¹Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, NY, ²Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ⁴Health Analytics, LLC, Columbia, MD
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology and National Quality Forum (NQF) recommend monitoring quality measures among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This study describes the proportion…

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