Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

Abstract Number: 1293 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is Virtual Care Here to Stay? : Rheumatology Patients’ Satisfaction in Early vs Late Pandemic
Ummugulsum Gazel¹, Tommy Han², Seyyid Bilal Acikgoz³, Tara Swami¹, Hart goldhar⁴, Urusa Shah³, Rokshana Chowdhury³, Nataliya Milman³, Nancy Maltez¹, Catherine Ivory¹, Susan Humphrey-Murto³ and Sibel Aydin¹, ¹University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Medical School, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, Canada, ⁴William Osler Health Centre Etobicoke General Site, Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the delivery of healthcare, with virtual care becoming the new standard. In the early stages of the pandemic,…
Abstract Number: 0088 • ACR Convergence 2022
Challenges in the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis in Latin America: A Systematic Review
Andre Ribeiro¹, Larissa Dullius², Andre Azeredo², Laura Coates³, Odirlei Monticielo², Charles Kohem², Penelope Palominos² and Natalia Sartori¹, ¹Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ²Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In 2020, the International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) recommendations for management of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were published. It aimed to adapt GRAPPA…
Abstract Number: 0957 • ACR Convergence 2022
Timeliness of Fetal Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Block Detection in Anti-Ro/La-Positive Pregnancies
Amanda Ohayon¹, Nikola Wilk¹, Arielle Mendel², Mayssa Moukarzel¹, Jessica Simoneau¹, Wadi Mawad¹, Gabriel Altit¹ and Evelyne Vinet², ¹McGill University Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Best practice guidelines recommend screening for congenital heart block (CHB) in anti-Ro/La-positive pregnancies with serial echocardiography starting between 16 to 18 weeks of gestational…
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: 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: 0635 • ACR Convergence 2021
Correlation Between Provider Documentation and Patient Experience with Contraceptive Counseling in an Academic Rheumatology Practice
Guiset Carvajal Bedoya¹, Tara Skorupa², Kristin Sturm², Ju Young Kwag², Kristen Demoruelle³ and JoAnn Zell³, ¹University of Colorado, aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ³University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: In a prior survey of providers and patients (Chakravarty 2014), it became apparent that clear gaps exist in provider-patient communication, affecting the delivery and…
Abstract Number: 1079 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Multifaceted Approach to Increasing Enrollment and Activation of Pediatric Rheumatology Patient Portal Profiles
Y. Ingrid Goh¹, Ma'Anne Gawaran¹, Neelam Walji-Jivraj¹, Kristi Whitney², Christine O'Brien¹, Tala El Tal³, Shirley Tse², Deborah Levy¹, Brian Feldman¹, Holly Convery¹, Audrey Bell-Peter¹, Michelle Anderson¹, Lynn Spiegel¹, Dilan Dissanayake¹, Chelsea DeCoste¹, Raphael Kraus¹, Jayne MacMahon¹, Jeanine McColl¹, Alaa Shehab¹, Paul Tsoukas⁴, Linda Hiraki¹, Andrea Knight⁴, Elizaveta Limenis¹, Rayfel Schneider¹, Ruud Verstegen¹, Rae Yeung¹, Alexa Latourelle¹, Leah Moscato¹, Alisha Panjwani¹ and Ronald Laxer², ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patient portals provide patients and caregivers the opportunity to be more engaged in their healthcare, as it promotes autonomy and encourages patients and caregivers…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2021
Contraceptive and Pre-conception Counseling in an Academic Rheumatology Practice: A Needs Assessment to Identify Gaps in Care
Tara Skorupa¹, Guiset Carvajal², Kristin Sturm¹, Ju Young Kwag³, JoAnn Zell¹ and Kristen Demoruelle¹, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Colorado, CO, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmune conditions affect women of childbearing age, and teratogenic medications are commonly prescribed as treatment. In this study, we surveyed rheumatology patients to…
Abstract Number: 1080 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effect of Triage by a Rheumatologist in a Primary Care Setting
Elke van Delft¹, Deirisa Lopes Barreto², Huub Han¹, Ilja Tchetverikov³, Adrie Evertse⁴, Martijn Kuijper¹, Mieke Hazes⁵ and Angelique Weel-Koenders¹, ¹Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, ³Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Medical Centre Molenaar, Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands, ⁵Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: General practitioners have difficulties recognising inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD), reflected by a low incidence rate of IRD in newly referred arthralgia patients. On the…
Abstract Number: 0637 • ACR Convergence 2021
Assessing the Rates of Cervical Cancer Screening in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tara Skorupa¹, Sonia Khatter², Alana Freifeld¹ and Elena Weinstein³, ¹University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ²University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado, Englewood, CO
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have described increased incidence of cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), suggesting…

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