Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

Abstract Number: 0724 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of a Global Strategy to Strengthen Health Systems for Prevention and Management of Musculoskeletal Health
Andrew Briggs¹, Anthony Woolf², Carmen Huckel Schneider³, Helen Slater⁴, Joanne Jordan⁵, Sakira Parambath⁶, James Young⁷, Saurab Sharma⁸, Deborah Kopansky-Giles⁷, Swatee Mishra⁹, Kristina Akesson¹⁰, Karsten Dreinhoefer¹¹, Neil Betteridge¹² and Lyn March¹³, ¹Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, ²Bone and Joint Resaerch Group, Truro, United Kingdom, ³Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economic, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁴Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, ⁵HealthSense (Aust) Pty, Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁷Department of Research, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Department of Physiotherapy, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Kavre, Nepal, ⁹Sydney Musculoskeletal, Bone and Joint Health Alliance. Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Sciences Malmo, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ¹¹Medical Park Berlin Humboldtmühle, Berlin, Germany, ¹²Neil Betteridge Associates, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Sydney Medical School, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, Australia
Background/Purpose: The need to control the burden of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions is not reflected in policies and practices across the globe. This study aims to…
Abstract Number: 1280 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Perceive the Quality of Care They Receive to Be Suboptimal
Sidha Sreedharan¹, Geoffrey Littlejohn², Russell Buchanan³, Mandana Nikpour⁴, Eric Morand⁵, Alberta Hoi⁶ and Vera Golder⁷, ¹Monash Health, North Melbourne, Australia, ²OPAL Rheumatology Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, ³Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, ⁴The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Monash University, Victoria; Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disease associated with frequent healthcare interactions. The Chronic Care Model is a widely accepted framework…
Abstract Number: PP15 • ACR Convergence 2022
Coordination of Care by a Healthcare Team for Unexpected and Unusual Side Effects Occurring During a Global Pandemic
Laura Genoves, Arthritis Foundation, Bainbridge Island, WA
Background/Purpose: I am a patient who lives with moderate to severe RA. My quality of life is dependent on medications such as a biologic, DMARDs…
Abstract Number: 0647 • ACR Convergence 2021
Adherence to Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and Teleretinal Screening: Assessment and Quality Improvement
Brendan Cerk¹, Brian Toy¹, Betty Situ¹, Stavros Savvas² and Leanna Wise³, ¹University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ³LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is used in many rheumatologic diseases. The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) put forth guidelines in 2012 regarding retinal screening and dosing…
Abstract Number: 1769 • ACR Convergence 2021
BMS-986256, an Oral Novel Toll-like Receptor 7 and 8 (TLR7/8) Inhibitor, Does Not Affect the Pharmacokinetics of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Healthy Subjects
Manoj Chiney¹, Ihab Girgis², Melanie Harrison¹, Xiaoping Zhang¹, Yun Shen³, Michelle Dawes¹, Lixian Dong², Diane Shevell³, Urvi Aras¹ and Bindu Murthy³, ¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville
Background/Purpose: Toll like receptor (TLR) 7 and TLR8 are activated as part of the disease pathophysiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including lupus nephritis (LN),…
Abstract Number: 0656 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Survey Based Descriptive Study to Assess the Quality of Sleep in Rheumatic Patients
Kezia Sam¹, David Lans² and Fulvia Milite¹, ¹White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY, ²New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, New Rochelle, NY
Background/Purpose: Sleeping difficulties although common in rheumatic patients, have often been overlooked presuming it to be part of a chronic illness. We conducted a survey-based…
Abstract Number: 1894 • ACR Convergence 2021
Natural Language Processing Tool for Extraction of Patient-Reported Outcomes from a National Multi-Electronic Health Records Registry
Marie Humbert-Droz¹, Zara Izadi², Gabriela Schmajuk², Milena Gianfrancesco², Jinoos Yazdany² and Suzanne Tamang³, ¹Stanford University, Stanford, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Redwood City, CA
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly used to track disease activity and facilitate shared decision making in patients with RA. Assessments of disease activity…
Abstract Number: 0139 • ACR Convergence 2021
Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis by Primary Care Physicians and Rheumatologists in an Academic Health System: A Retrospective Study
Alexis Ogdie-Beatty¹, Marina Magrey², Robert Fitzsimmons¹, Shahrzad Abdollahi¹, Ana Biljan³, Christopher Saffore⁴ and Jessica Walsh⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA, Richfield, OH, ³Abbvie Inc., Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ⁵Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: While recommendations for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are largely aligned across various guidelines,1,2 there remains variability in the treatment. Patients with inflammatory…
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…

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