Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

Abstract Number: 1156 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Satisfaction with Rural Rheumatology Telehealth Service
Katherine Poulsen¹, Lynden Roberts², Catherine Millen³, Umayal Lakshman³ and Petra Buttner⁴, ¹Rheumatology and General Medicine, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia, ²James Cook University, Melbourne, Australia, ³Queensland Health, Mount Isa, Australia, ⁴James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Background/Purpose: To assess patient satisfaction with the rheumatology telemedicine service provided to a rural town in northern Australia. Methods: A prospective, questionnaire-based exploratory study of…
Abstract Number: 2212 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development Of Tools To Facilitate Shared Decision Making About Medications For Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis – A Project Of The Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network
Esi Morgan DeWitt¹, Ellen A. Lipstein², Katie Staun³, Linda Scherer⁴, Janalee Taylor⁵, Carole M. Lannon⁴ and William B. Brinkman⁶, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵William S. Rowe Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Medication options for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are increasing. Medications differ on a variety of attributes, including mechanisms of action, dosing intervals, modes of…
Abstract Number: 1924 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cleveland Clinic Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Registry, A Web-Based Tool Designed For Efficient Collection Of Bone Density and Osteoporosis Related Clinical Risk Factor Data
Chad L. Deal¹, Gregory J. Strnad², Robert A. Overman^3,4 and Boris Bershadsky^2,5, ¹Dept of Rheum & Imm Dis /A 50, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Eshelman School of Pharmacy - Division of Pharmaceutical Policy and Outcomes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: A patient registry is an organized system that collects uniform data to allow evaluation of specific outcomes for a population with a particular disease.…
Abstract Number: 2237 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Application and Feasibility of Proposed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Reproductive Health Care Quality Indicators At a Public Urban Rheumatology Clinic
Itziar Quinzanos¹, Angela Keniston², Joann Zell³, Jinoos Yazdany⁴, Alyssa Nash¹, Rebecca Fransen¹, Jennifer Stichman¹ and Joel M. Hirsh⁵, ¹Dept Medicine, Denver Health Med Ctr, Denver, CO, ²Department of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, ³Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁴Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Reproductive health quality indicators (QIs) for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have recently been developed: anti-ssA, anti-ssB, and phospholipid antibody (aPL) screening prior to pregnancy;…
Abstract Number: 2052 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Community Characteristics On Quality of Care in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Edward H. Yelin¹, Laura Trupin², Chris Tonner³ and Jinoos Yazdany², ¹Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In prior studies we established that living in communities of concentrated poverty was associated with fewer physician visits and select SLE outcomes after taking…
Abstract Number: 2060 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Using the Electronic Medical Record to Increase Rates of Physician Assessment of Lipids in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Astrud Lorraine Leyva¹, Laura L. Tarter¹, Elizabeth Blair Solow² and David R. Karp³, ¹Division of Rheumatic Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Rheumatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Rheumatic Diseases Division, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Guidelines for the management…
Abstract Number: 2037 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poor Quality of Gout Care Is Strongly Associated with Higher Gout-Related Health Care Utilization
Jasvinder A. Singh¹ and Joshua Richman², ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, ²Biostatistics, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Proponents of improving quality of gout care have suggested various gout quality indicators, but no study to date has shown the link between…
Abstract Number: 655 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-White Race, Younger Age, and Use of Primary and Gynecologic Care Are Associated with Higher Rates of Cervical Cancer Screening in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients At a Public Hospital
Jennifer Stichman¹, Angela Keniston², Joann Zell³, Jinoos Yazdany⁴, Itziar Quinzanos¹ and Joel M. Hirsh⁵, ¹Dept Medicine, Denver Health Med Ctr, Denver, CO, ²Department of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, ³Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁴Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of cervical dysplasia and persistent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection. There are few prior…
Abstract Number: 382 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Biased Risk Perception Explain the Underuse of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs?
Richard W. Martin¹, Andrew J. Head², James D. Birmingham³ and Aaron T. Eggebeen¹, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Medicine, Rheumatology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ³Medicine & Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: The prescription of a Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs (DMARD) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a standard of effective care. However a…

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