Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

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…

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