Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

Abstract Number: 0726 • ACR Convergence 2022
Optimizing Laboratory Medication Safety Monitoring in Patients with JIA to Advance Value-based Care
Julia Harris¹, Leslie Favier², Emily Fox³, Michael Holland³, Cara Hoffart³, Maria Ibarra³, Jordan Jones³, Luke Harris¹ and Ashley Cooper³, ¹Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ²Children's Mercy Kansas City, Leawood, KS, ³Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Most children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are treated with medications that require medication safety monitoring labs. Recommended laboratory testing includes a creatinine level.…
Abstract Number: 1281 • ACR Convergence 2022
Less Than Half of Cryoglobulin Tests Ordered at a Tertiary Hospital Network Are Successfully Completed: An Opportunity for Improvement
Joo Young (Esther) Lee¹, Alexis Baass², Sasha Bernatsky³, Evelyne Vinet² and Arielle Mendel², ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cryoglobulin detection is essential for the diagnosis of cryoglobulinemic vasculitis, a condition leading to high healthcare use, organ damage, and even death. Successful cryoglobulin…
Abstract Number: PP23 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Journey to Collaborative Care and Patient-Centric Educational Opportunities for a Scleroderma Patient
Amy Gietzen and Hannah Bowen, The Ann Steffens Scleroderma Foundation, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: In 2001 I started to experience forearm, elbow, and wrist pain. My fingers were constantly swollen, and sensitive. After 6 months of living in…
Abstract Number: 0727 • ACR Convergence 2022
Primary Prevention of Fractures in Osteoporotic Patients in a Southern California Academic Health System
Eugene Looi¹, Gergana Mishkova¹ and Christina Downey², ¹Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ²Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis (OSP) is common, carries high morbidity, significant cost and remains underrecognized and undertreated by health care providers (1). At a university-based academic health…
Abstract Number: 1283 • ACR Convergence 2022
Frequency of Checking Creatine Kinase in Patients on Statins with Elevated Transaminase for Early Detection of Statin Induced Myopathy
ANJALI NIDHAAN, Andrei Hastings, david gonzalez, rajshri joshi, nathan gilbert and carolyn o'connor, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH
Background/Purpose: Some of the most commonly reported side effects of statins (widely used lipid lowering agents) are muscle injury (incidence ranging from 0.1-20% based on…
Abstract Number: 0770 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immune Related Adverse Events in Checkpoint Inhibitor Treated Cancer Patients Increased in Patients with Underlying Autoimmune Disease and Positive Autoantibodies
Amarah Baluch¹, Katerina Warda², Taylor Middleton², Kiersten Kennedy², Andras Perl³ and Jihad Ben Gabr¹, ¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²SUNY Upstate Medical Unviersity, Syracuse, NY, ³SUNY, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune check point inhibitors (ICIs) boost the patient's immune system by blocking intrinsic down-regulators of immunity by signaling through cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4),…
Abstract Number: 1288 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Often Do We Provide Relevant and Patient Centric Discharge Instructions in Rheumatology? A Single Academic Center Clinic Experience
Dijo Joseph¹, Asha Asthana², Sobia Hassan³ and Meenakshi Jolly³, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rush University Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Rush University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Post-visit discharge instructions (DCI) are an important supplement to the patient visit that serves to reinforce a patient's understanding of their diagnosis, medications and…
Abstract Number: 0056 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pilot Study to Implement the Type 1 & 2 SLE Model in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic
Amanda Eudy¹, Jennifer Rogers², Kai Sun³, Rebecca Sadun³, David Pisetsky⁴, Mithu Maheswaranathan², Jayanth Doss³, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁵ and Megan Clowse³, ¹Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ²Duke, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The Type 1 & 2 SLE Model was developed to better explain the signs, symptoms, and management goals of SLE to patients. We assembled…
Abstract Number: 0860 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics of Transitioning JIA Patients: Who Is Arriving on the Adult Rheumatologists’ Doorsteps?
Teresa Semalulu¹, KAREN BEATTIE¹, Roberta Berard², Jaime Guzman³ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ³University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with JIA are at an increased risk of loss to follow-up, morbidity and mortality as they transition from pediatric to adult care. Thus,…
Abstract Number: 1291 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development and Pilot Implementation of a Predictive Model to Identify Visits Appropriate for Telehealth
david leverenz¹, Mary Solomon¹, Nicoleta Economau-Zavlanos¹, Bhargav Srinivas Adagarla², Theresa Coles¹, Isaac Smith³, Robert Overton¹, Catherine Howe³, Jayanth Doss⁴, Ricardo Henao¹ and Megan Clowse⁴, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ³Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Since January 2021, providers in our practice have used the Encounter Appropriateness Score for You (EASY) to document their perception of the appropriateness of…
Abstract Number: 0464 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of Timely Post-Discharge Follow-up on Readmission Risk Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Maria Schletzbaum¹, Nadia Sweet², W Ryan Powell², Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi³, Farah Kaiksow², Ann Sheehy², Amy Kind² and Christie Bartels², ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Middleton, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has the 6th highest hospital readmission rate of all US chronic diseases with significant health disparities and costs. Transitional care…
Abstract Number: 1072 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Multidisciplinary Approach with Patient Collaboration Improve the Clinical Effectiveness of the Intervention
Carlos González¹, Luis Menchén-Viso¹, Ofelia Baniandres-Rodriguez¹, Carmen Lobo-Rodríguez¹, Ana Herranz-Alonso¹, Ignacio Marín-Jiménez¹, Juan Carlos Nieto², Lucia Ibares-Frias¹, Indalecio Monteagudo¹, Esther Chamorro de Vega¹, Javier Torresano-Bruno¹, Amparo Lopez-Esteban¹, Arantza Ais-Larisgoitia¹, Paloma Morales de los Ríos Luna¹, ana Lopez-Calleja¹, Sonia Garcia de San Jose³ and Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia³, ¹CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranón, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: We have developed a multidisciplinary unit for patients in treatment with biological therapies (BT) with the collaboration of Dermatology (Der), Gastroenterology (GE), Rheumatology (Rheu),…
Abstract Number: 0626 • ACR Convergence 2021
Does Higher Quality of Care in SLE Translate to Better Patient Outcomes?
Shilpa Arora¹, Joel Block¹, Ailda Nika¹, Winston Sequeira¹, Patricia Katz² and Meenakshi Jolly¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Quality of care (QOC) as measured by quality indicators (QIs) decreases damage accrual in SLE long term. We aimed to assess if high QOC…
Abstract Number: 1073 • ACR Convergence 2021
In Favor of the Subspecialty Clinic Model for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jasmine Thai¹, Roshan Patel¹, Yeohan Song¹ and Sheryl Mascarenhas², ¹Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: The Subspecialty Clinic Model (SCM) which seeks to allow for collaborative care and services by stratifying patients with a particular disease or need to…
Abstract Number: 0628 • ACR Convergence 2021
Higher Quality of Care for Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Subspecialty Lupus Clinic: A Multi-Setting Cross-Sectional Study
Sidha Sreedharan¹, Ning Li¹, Geoffrey Littlejohn¹, Russell Buchanan², Mandana Nikpour³, Eric Morand⁴, Alberta Hoi⁵ and Vera Golder⁶, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Austin Health, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia, ³University of Melbourne at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health & Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Background/Purpose: Healthcare quality for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a modifiable target for improving patient outcomes. Disease-specific subspecialty lupus clinics may offer experienced healthcare professionals,…

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