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Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

  • Abstract Number: 0092 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Characterizing Levels of Specialist Care Received by Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical Characteristics, Emergency Care, Hospitalization, and Costs Among Commercially-insured Adults in the United States

    Sandra Sze-jung Wu1, Allison Perry2, Helen Varker3, Christine Dube1 and Gary Bryant4, 1AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, 2IBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, 3Merative, Cambridge, MA, 4AstraZeneca, New Castle, DE

    Background/Purpose: Heterogeneous SLE manifestations can delay referral and diagnosis by a rheumatologist (rheum) in as many as 75% of patients (pts) with SLE.1 After diagnosis,…
  • Abstract Number: 1104 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Teaching Trainees How to Think: A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Recognition of Cognitive Errors in Rheumatology Fellowship

    Megan Milne1, Rebecca Sadun2, Lena Eder3, Sonali Bracken4, Poorva Apte2, Catherine Sims2, Nathaniel Harris4, Amanda Eudy5 and david leverenz6, 1Duke University Medical Center Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Durham, NC, 2Duke University, Durham, NC, 3Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, 4Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 5Duke University, Raleigh, NC, 6Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: Faulty synthesis of information due to Cognitive Errors (CEs) is the most common cause of incorrect medical decision making. Medical education often focuses on…
  • Abstract Number: 1302 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Assessment of the Transition of Care from Pediatric to Adult Rheumatology in a Tertiary Center

    Serdal Ugurlu1, Ali Yagiz Ayla1, Helin Idil Besiroglu2, Feyza Nur Azman1, Bugra Egeli3, Hatice Eren1, Ibrahim Durucan2, Arif Alkan2, Sila Ozturk1, Sercan Ergun1, Amra Adrovic Yildiz4, Kenan Barut5, Fatih Haslak1, Sezgin Sahin1, Mehmet YILDIZ1, Huri Ozdogan6 and Ozgur Kasapcopur7, 1Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 4School of Medicine, KOC University, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, 6Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 7Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Taking the responsibility for their own health should be an important goal for the patients in the health care transition process. The Transition Readiness…
  • Abstract Number: 0094 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Black Patients Are Less Satisfied with the Hospital Experience After Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

    John Gibbons1, Orett Burke1, huong do1, Emily Ying Lai1, Bella Mehta2, Letitia Bradford3, Michael Parks1, Linda Russell1, Anne Bass4, Mark Figgie1 and Susan Goodman1, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 3Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services, Sacramento, CA, 4Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose:Patients' post-operative satisfaction with their hospital experience is important to patient care, hospital reimbursement, and comparison between hospitals. The Press Ganey (PG) inpatient survey is…
  • Abstract Number: 1271 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Uptake of Rheumatology-Specific Quality Measures Submitted to National Pay-for-Performance Programs: An Analysis of Participants in the RISE Registry

    Emma Kersey1, Jing Li2, Zara Izadi1, Julia Adler-Milstein3, Tracy Johansson4, Jinoos Yazdany5 and Gabriela Schmajuk6, 1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3UCSF, San Francisco, 4American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, 5UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 6UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: In recent years, the American College of Rheumatology has stewarded a number of rheumatology-specific quality measures for use in national pay-for-performance programs. While the…
  • Abstract Number: 1303 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Planning Transition in Times of Transition: Is There a Virtual Pathway from Pediatric to Adult Care?

    Ben Danna, Monique Maher, Miriah Gillispie-Taylor and Tiphanie Vogel, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: The BRIDGE (Baylor Rheumatology Initiative: Developing and Guiding Engagement) program is a quality improvement initiative to develop a safe, comprehensive pathway for our patients…
  • Abstract Number: 0095 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Association of Urban vs. Rural Residence with New DMARD Initiation in US Veterans with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Luke Desilet1, Harlan Sayles1, Punyasha Roul2, Jennifer Barton3, Gail Kerr4, Kaleb Michaud1, Ted Mikuls5 and Bryant England1, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2UNMC, Omaha, NE, 3VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, 4Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, 5Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

    Background/Purpose: While a treat-to-target strategy is endorsed by the ACR RA Treatment Guidelines, many patient, social, and healthcare system factors make implementation of this approach…
  • Abstract Number: 1272 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to Study Top-Performing Practices in the RISE Registry

    Lindsay Jacobsohn1, Catherine Nasrallah2, Cammie Young3, Gabriela Schmajuk4 and Jinoos Yazdany5, 1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2UCSF, San Francisco, 3University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, 5UCSF, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Collection and use of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity and functional status outcome measures facilitates treating-to-target and shared decision-making. Although guidelines recommend regular use…
  • Abstract Number: 1342 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Quality Improvement: Communicating Risk Regarding JAK Inhibitor Use in Rheumatology Patients

    Reid Weisberg1, Brett Capel1, Annabelle Guo1, Komal Patel1, Rashmi Arora2, Swathi Reddy3 and Una Makris4, 1University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2Dallas VA Medical Center / University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 3Dallas VA Medical Center / University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Colleyville, TX, 4UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX

    Background/Purpose: In September 2021, the FDA updated its boxed warnings for Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors to include increased risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE)…
  • Abstract Number: 0103 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Retention in Rheumatology Care and Receipt of Lupus-Specific Serologic Testing Among Young Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Medicare Cohort Study

    Maria Schletzbaum1, W. Ryan Powell2, Shivani Garg3, Joseph A. Kramer4, Brad C. Astor5, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi6, 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, Center for Health Disparities Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, 3University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 4University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine & Center for Health Disparities Research,, Madison, WI, 5University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division and Department of Population Sciences, Madison, WI, 6University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Emergency Medicine; and the 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: SLE is a leading cause of mortality in young adults, particularly in those identifying as Black or Hispanic or who are socioeconomically disadvantaged. These…
  • 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: 1344 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Patient-reported Outcomes in Lupus Low Disease Activity State: Impact of Fatigue

    Rodrigo De Moura Rodrigues, Alexandre Moura dos Santos, Daniel Sampaio Cardoso, Emily Figueiredo Neves Yuki, Danieli Castro Oliveira de Andrade, Sandra Gofinet Pasoto, Eduardo Ferreira Borba Neto, Eloisa Silva Dutra de Oliveira Bonfa and Luciana Seguro, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) can be assessed by self-administered questionnaires and can lead to better decision-making by physicians. The aim of this study was…
  • Abstract Number: 0184 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Exploring Patient Journeys and Education Needs of Hispanic Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Daniel Hernandez1, Julio Bravo2, Juan Maya Villamizar3, William Benjamin Nowell1, Oscar Soto-Raices4, Angel Tapia5, Guillermo Valenzuela6 and Shilpa Venkatachalam7, 1Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, 2Novant, Winston-Salem, NC, 3Rheumatology Center of Palm Beach, PLLC, Boca Raton, FL, 4Fundación FER, San Juan, PR, 5Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, 6Guillermo Valenzuela MD PA/ IRIS Rheumatology, Plantation, FL, 7Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: There is little research on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the US Hispanic population (< 0.2% of publications on RA indexed in PubMed.gov), but it…
  • Abstract Number: 1274 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates Among Immunosuppressed Adults in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic Utilizing a Nurse Driven Protocol

    Elena Joerns1, Nagendra Pokala2, Dan Wang3, Joan Reisch3, Reuben Arasaratnam3, Bonnie Bermas1 and Puneet Bajaj3, 1UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 2University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 3UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatology patients are at risk for severe pneumococcal infections due to their underlying disease and immunosuppressive therapy. Current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guidelines…
  • Abstract Number: 1352 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Improving Completion Rates of Routine Mental Health Screening for Depression and Anxiety in Paediatric Lupus Outpatient Clinic to Enhance Patient Mental Health Care

    Tala El Tal1, Avery Longmore2, Abdulaziz el Mutairi1, Amani Al Bijadi1, Audrea Chen1, Holly Convery1, Dinah Finkelstein3, Linda Hiraki4, Chetana Kulkarni5, Justine Ledochowski6, Neely Lerman1, Karen Leslie7, Deborah Levy8, Sharon Lorber9, Jayne MacMahon10, Jeanine McColl11, Sarah Mossad12, Oscar Mwizerwa10, Lawrence Ng12, Luana Flores Pereira12, Vandana Rawal7, Alaa Shehab1, Evelyn Smith13, Alene Toulany14 and Andrea Knight1, 1The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Child & Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 7The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 8Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 9The Hospital for Sick Children, Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 10The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, Toronto, ON, Canada, 11University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 12The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 13The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto,, Toronto, ON, Canada, 14The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto,, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Mental health (MH) problems are prevalent in adolescents with childhood-onset lupus (cSLE), with cross-sectional studies estimating prevalences of 20-60% for depression symptoms and 20-40%…
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