Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

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,…
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…
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…

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