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  • Abstract Number: 0792 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Remission Rates of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Tertiary Care

    Nils Gildemeister1, Imke Redeker2, Bjoern Buehring1, Ioana Andreica1, David Kiefer3, Xenofon Baraliakos1, Juergen Braun1 and Uta Kiltz1, 1Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, 2German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany, 3Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Essen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: The main goal of treatment for patients (pts.) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to achieve remission, in order to both, preserve physical function and…
  • Abstract Number: 1931 • ACR Convergence 2021

    The Burden of Thirty-day Readmission and Independent Predictors of Readmission in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Nationwide Analysis

    Ashu Acharya1, Saffa Iftikhar1, Yasmin Khader1, Sachit Sharma1, Joan N Gekonde1, Rawish Fatima1, Cameron J Burmeister1 and Nezam Altorok2, 1University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, 2University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic immune-mediated disease with 20-25% patients needing hospital admission annually. Early readmissions add to the clinical and economic…
  • Abstract Number: 0148 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Implementation of an Interprofessional Safety Check to Screen for Latent Tuberculosis at an Academic Tertiary Referral Rheumatology Clinic Increased Screening Rates Compared to Historical Levels

    Meera Subash, Hailyn Nielsen, Neda Noori Nassr, Diana Ung and Andrew Gross, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Certain disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) increase the risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis (TB). While screening for latent TB prior to initiation of these…
  • Abstract Number: 0815 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Implementing Treat to Target (TTT) for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Through a Virtual Learning Collaborative (LC) Program During COVID

    DH Solomon1, Theodore Pincus2, Nancy Shadick1, Jacklyn Stratton1, Jack Ellrodt1, Leah Santacroce1, Jeffrey Katz1, Josef Smolen3, Prem Chatpar4, Breanna Mundell4, Mary Stocks4, Christina Downey5, Karina Torralba6, Douglas White7, Meggan Baudek7, Steven Szlembarski7, Sharon Barnhart7, Jawad Bilal8, Dylan Lee8, Albert Redford8, Julia Buchfuhrer9, Helene Kramer8, C. Kent Kwoh10, Michel Villatoro-Villar8, Asha Patnaik11, Edgardo Guzman11, Rebecca Trachtman12, John Tesser13, Dijana Music14, Lexi Mickey15, Mona Amin16, Jeffrey Potter17, Juan Schmukler18, Joshua Sundhar19, Jessica Sheingold20, Diane Horowitz21, Hannah Gulko21, Robert Quinet22, Swathi Dhulipala23, Ronak Patel24, Chandana Keshavamurthy25, Guiset Carvajal Bedoya26, Rhonda Dunn27, Bharat Kumar27, Aleksander Lenert27, Hanna Zembrzuska27 Matthew Gebre28, Petar Lenert29, Allen Anandarjah30, Annie Yang30, Linda Grinnell-Merrick30, Shadefai Goldsmith30, Jonna Zelie30, Leanna Wise31, Nicole Zagelbaum Ward32 and Jeffrey Kaine33 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 3University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 4Dr. Chatpar and Associates, LLC, Plainview, NY, 5Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA, 6Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University Healthcare, Loma Linda, CA, 7Gundersen Health, La Crosse, WI, 8University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, 9University of Arizona, Pheonix, AZ, 10University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon, AZ, 11Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, 12Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 13Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, 14Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, Glendale, AZ, 15Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates- Glendale, Glendale, AZ, 16Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates- Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 17Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, Wheaton, MD, 18Mount Sinai- Chicago, Chicago, IL, 19Arthritis Rheum & Back Disease Assoc., Voorhees, NJ, 20MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 21Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, 22Ochsner Health, River Ridge, LA, 23Ochsner Clinic Foundation, River Ridge, LA, 24Ochsner Health, Jefferson, LA, 25Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, 26University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 27University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 28Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, 29University of Iowa Medical School, Iowa City, IA, 30University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 31LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, 32LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 33Cullowhee, NC

    Background/Purpose: TTT has been shown in multiple RCTs to be an effective paradigm for managing RA, however TTT has not been uniformly implemented in US…
  • 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,…
  • Abstract Number: 1074 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Satisfaction with a Virtual Learning Collaborative Aimed at Implementing Treat to Target (TTT) in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

    Jack Ellrodt1, Josef Smolen2, Theodore Pincus3, Nancy Shadick1, Jeffrey Katz1, Leah Santacroce1, Jacklyn Stratton1, DH Solomon1, Prem Chatpar4, Mary Stocks4, Breanna Mundell4, Christina Downey5, Karina Torralba6, Douglas White7, Meggan Baudek7, Steven Szlembarski7, Sharon Barnhart7, Jawad Bilal8, Albert Redford8, Dylan Lee8, Julia Buchfuhrer9, Helene Kramer8, C. Kent Kwoh10, Michel Villatoro-Villar8, Asha Patnaik11, Edgardo Guzman11, Rebecca Trachtman12, John Tesser13, Dijana Music14, Lexi Mickey15, Mona Amin16, Jeffrey Potter17, Joshua Sundhar18, Jessica Sheingold19, Juan Schmukler20, Diane Horowitz21, Hannah Gulko21, Robert Quinet22, Swathi Dhulipala23, Ronak Patel24, Chandana Keshavamurthy25, Guiset Carvajal26, Rhonda Dunn27, Bharat Kumar27, Aleksander Lenert27, Hanna Zembrzuska27, Matthew Gebre28, Petar Lenert29, Allen Anandarjah30, Annie Yang30, Linda Grinnell-Merrick30, Shadefai Goldsmith30, Jonna Zelie30, Leanna Wise31, Nicole Zagelbaum Ward32 and Jeffrey Kaine33, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 3Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 4Dr. Chatpar and Associates, LLC, Plainview, NY, 5Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA, 6Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University Healthcare, Loma Linda, CA, 7Gundersen Health, La Crosse, WI, 8University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, 9University of Arizona, Pheonix, AZ, 10University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon, AZ, 11Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, 12Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 13Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, 14Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, Glendale, AZ, 15Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates- Glendale, Glendale, AZ, 16Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates- Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 17Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, Wheaton, MD, 18Arthritis Rheum & Back Disease Assoc., Voorhees, NJ, 19MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 20Mount Sinai- Chicago, Chicago, IL, 21Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, 22Ochsner Health, River Ridge, LA, 23Ochsner Clinic Foundation, River Ridge, LA, 24Ochsner Health, Jefferson, LA, 25Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, 26University of Colorado, Colorado, CO, 27University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 28Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, 29University of Iowa Medical School, Iowa City, IA, 30University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 31LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, 32LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 33Cullowhee, NC

    Background/Purpose: Learning collaboratives (LC) have been used widely for quality improvement in healthcare, and a recent 9-month in person LC was found effective for improving…
  • Abstract Number: 0632 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Impact of COVID-19 and Telehealth on RAPID3 Screening in an Academic Rheumatology Practice: Identifying Disparities in Care

    Poorva Apte1, Robert Overton2, Ricardo Henao1, Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos2, Jayanth Doss1, Megan Clowse3 and David Leverenz1, 1Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, 3Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC

    Background/Purpose: Measuring disease activity in patients with inflammatory arthritis is important for providing optimal treat-to-target care. The COVID-19 pandemic has widened disparities in care among…
  • Abstract Number: 1075 • ACR Convergence 2021

    The Impact of an Integrated Care Management Program on Acute Care Use for Potentially Avoidable Conditions Among High-Risk Patients with SLE

    Jessica Williams1, Kreager Taber1, Weixing Huang1, Jamie Collins1, Rebecca Cunningham1, Katherine Concannon1, Christine Vogeli2, Lisa Wichmann1 and Candace Feldman1, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE are disproportionately from populations with lower socioeconomic status and poorer access to health care, placing them at risk for potentially avoidable…
  • 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…
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