Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

Abstract Number: 0457 • ACR Convergence 2020
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Immunosuppressed Rheumatology Patients
Julia Harris¹, Michael Holland², Emily Fox², Amy Ivy³, Maria Ibarra², Cara Hoffart², Jordan Jones², Leslie Favier⁴ and Ashley Cooper², ¹Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ²Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ³Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, ⁴Children's Mercy Kansas City, Leawood, KS
Background/Purpose: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends pneumococcal vaccination of high-risk patients, including patients on iatrogenic immunosuppression. Many patients seen in the rheumatology…
Abstract Number: 1582 • ACR Convergence 2020
Average Follow-up Time After Telemedicine Visit Is Longer Than Conventional Face-to-Face Visit in Outpatient Rheumatology Practice During COVID-19 Pandemic
Deepan Dalal¹, Tzu-Chun Chu², Brad Crough³, Janine Molino², David Hemendinger⁴ and Bharat Ramratnam², ¹Brown University, East Providence, RI, ²Brown University, Providence, RI, ³Brown Physicians Incorporation, East Providence, RI, ⁴Brown Physicians Incorporation, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: In the era of recent COVID-19 crisis, outpatient rheumatology practices resorted to telemedicine to deliver longitudinal care, a fundamental component of chronic disease management. …
Abstract Number: 1606 • ACR Convergence 2020
Mortality with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis in an Academic Hospital Setting: A Five-year Retrospective Study
Jaspreet Kaler¹, Zareen Vaghaiwalla², Gurjit Kaeley³ and Myint Thway⁴, ¹University of Florida - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²University of Florida Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ³University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴University of Florida- Jacksonville, ponte vedra, FL
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myositis is a diverse group of muscle diseases characterized by muscle inflammation and dysfunction. Approximately 3-7/100,000 cases are diagnosed per year in…
Abstract Number: 1962 • ACR Convergence 2020
Utilization of Telehealth Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kristin Wipfler¹, Yomei Shaw², Teresa Simon³, Adam Cornish¹, Patricia Katz⁴ and Kaleb Michaud⁵, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, East Lansing, MI, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (at time of analysis), Princeton, NJ, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Many health care providers replaced in-person clinical visits with telehealth visits or expanded their telehealth offerings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to…
Abstract Number: 0535 • ACR Convergence 2020
Provider Opinion and Support for Shared Decision-making in Gout Treatment: A Quality Improvement National Survey of Veterans Affairs Rheumatologists
Jasvinder Singh¹, John Richards², Elizabeth Chang³, Toupin-April, Karine Toupin-April⁴ and Jennifer Barton⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Phoenix VA Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴VA Portland Oregon, Portland, OR, ⁵Oregon University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: To assess rheumatologists’ views and practices related to shared decision making (SDM) in gout treatment.Methods: We performed a cross-sectional electronic survey of rheumatologists at…
Abstract Number: 1583 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Telehealth Implementation on Practice Patterns and Electronic Health Record Utilization During COVID19
Mithu Maheswaranathan¹, Philip Chu¹, Andrew Johannemann¹, Megan Clowse², Lisa Criscione-Schreiber³ and David Leverenz¹, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The COVID19 pandemic necessitated practice changes throughout health systems worldwide. Our academic rheumatology practice rapidly adopted telehealth (telephone or video visits), with unknown consequences…
Abstract Number: 1608 • ACR Convergence 2020
Survey of Minimally-Invasive Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsy Performed at Rheumatology Centres
Bernard Dyke¹, Mark Maybury², Stefano Alivernini³, Juan Cañete⁴, Orazio De Lucia⁵, João Eurico Fonseca⁶, Nicola Gullick⁷, Søren Just⁸, David Kane⁹, Juhani Koski¹⁰, Antonio Manzo¹¹, Laurent Meric de Bellefon¹², Ronan Mullan⁹, Aurelie Najm¹³, Arthur Pratt¹⁴, Felipe Julio Ramirez Garcia¹⁵, Charlotte Rawlings¹⁶, Fiona Rayner¹⁷, Vasco Romão¹⁸, Ilfita Sahbudin², Darren Tabechian¹⁹ and Andrew Filer², ¹Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁴Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Orthopedic and Traumatology Specialist Center, Milan, Italy, ⁶Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Universidade de Lisboa and Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte., Lisboa, Portugal, ⁷University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire, Knowle, United Kingdom, ⁸Svendborg Hospital - Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁰Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland, ¹¹IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation/University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ¹²Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, ¹³Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ¹⁴Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁶Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Universidade de Lisboa and Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte., Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy (USGSBx) is a well-established minimally-invasive alternative to arthroscopy for sampling synovial tissue. Adverse event rates in published studies are favourable by…
Abstract Number: 1963 • ACR Convergence 2020
Variation in Quality of Care Among Patient Sociodemographic Groups in RISE Practices
Zara Izadi¹, Gabriela Schmajuk² and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown that sociodemographic factors are associated with quality of care. Using the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) registry, we assessed…
Abstract Number: 0536 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systematic Geriatric Assessment in Older Patients with Rheumatic Diseases – The RheuMAGIC Pilot Study
Bjoern Buehring¹, Anna Berrisch², Ioana Andreica³, Styliani Tsiami⁴, David Kiefer³, Uta Kiltz², Xenofon Baraliakos² and Juergen Braun², ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Velbert, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Current demographic data predict that the number of older adults with rheumatic diseases will considerably increase in the coming years. Geriatric patients differ from…
Abstract Number: 1584 • ACR Convergence 2020
Telemedicine Visits During COVID-19 Improved Clinic Show Rates
Reem Alkilany¹ and Raymond Hong², ¹MetroHealth medical center, lakewood, OH, ²Metrohealth Medical center, Richfield, OH
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously affected the healthcare sector. State of Ohio officials recommended to hold in-person outpatient visits and elective procedures to limit…
Abstract Number: 1611 • ACR Convergence 2020
Documentation of Pregnancy Counseling in SSA-Positive Patients of Childbearing Potential: A Cross-Sectional Study
Heinrich-Karl Greenblatt¹ and Elena Weinstein¹, ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary Sjogren's Syndrome (SS) are highly associated with anti-SSA (anti-Ro) seropositivity. Anti-SSA autoantibodies may cross the placenta, causing a…
Abstract Number: 1964 • ACR Convergence 2020
Engaging Patients in the Development of a Quality Measure of Functional Status to Improve Care Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sarah Hopkins Gillespie¹, Liana Fraenkel², Lisa Suter³, Gabriela Schmajuk⁴, Patricia Katz⁵, Alex Limanni⁶ and Alexis Ogdie¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Yale School of Medicine; West Haven VA; Berkshire Medical Center, Lenox, MA, ³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁶n/a, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The ACR Quality of Care committee is working to develop a quality measure to reflect functional assessment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One proposed approach…
Abstract Number: 0061 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rheumatologists’ Attitudes Toward Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying
Alexandra Saltman¹, Caroline McGuinty², Gursimran Chandhoke³, Simon Oczkowski⁴, Heather McDonald-Blumer¹, Ebru Kaya⁵ and Kirsten Wentlandt⁶, ¹University Health Network and Sinai Health System, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Juravinski Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University Health Network,, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University Health Network, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite major advances in the treatment of systemic rheumatic diseases, a population remains—including those with systemic vasculitis, inflammatory myositis and systemic sclerosis—who suffer from…
Abstract Number: 0588 • ACR Convergence 2020
Feast or Famine? An Institutional Assessment of Hydroxychloroquine Screening Practices
Alanna James¹, Kelli Kam¹, Vaneet Sandhu² and Christina Downey³, ¹Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, ²Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ³Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a generally safe and widely used rheumatologic drug. Maculopathy is an adverse effect in < 1% in the first 5 years…
Abstract Number: 1586 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rheum Service: Comprehensive Virtual Care During COVID-19
Stephanie Gottheil¹ and Joseph Carson¹, ¹London Rheumatology, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: During COVID-19, patients require timely access to rheumatologists while adhering to physical distancing guidelines. In this quality improvement project, we developed a comprehensive virtual…

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