Abstracts tagged "quality of care"

Abstract Number: 1067 • ACR Convergence 2024
Initiation of Urate-Lowering Therapy in Patients Hospitalized with Gout Flare at a Single Center: Opportunity for Quality Improvement
Ali Nasir¹ and Nasir Khan², ¹Trinity Health Grand Rapids/Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Trinity Health Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: Hospitalizations for gout flare have been increasing, doubling between 1993 to 2011 from 4.4 to 8.8 admissions per 100000 adults. Despite this increase, urate-lowering therapy (ULT)…
Abstract Number: 1931 • ACR Convergence 2024
Health System Improvement in Appropriate Test Utilization Involving ANA Testing in the Inpatient and Outpatient Setting
Benjamin Wolff¹, Nayeon Oh², Amy Slenker³, Kathryn Zaffiri³, Rahul Mhaskar⁴ and Marie O'Brien⁵, ¹Lehigh Valley Health Network - Internal Medicine Residency, Macungie, PA, ²Univeristy of South Florida, Allentown, PA, ³Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Orefield, PA
Background/Purpose: To manage patients In the current healthcare environment, objective data and laboratory tests drive medical decision making. This has led to an increase in…
Abstract Number: 2620 • ACR Convergence 2024
Education and Medication Access Needs in Rheumatology Patients Starting New Medications: Quality Improvement Data from a Pharmacist Intervention
Vivianne Allsop¹, Brett Glasheen², Stephanie Khong², Anthony Minjarez³, Natalie Morlan², Kami Roake², grant Cannon⁴, Nadia Grant² and Jessica A Walsh⁵, ¹University of Utah, South Jordan, UT, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs are a cornerstone of rheumatology care. Patient education and support is required to optimize outcomes and minimize access barriers. Pharmacists…
Abstract Number: 0547 • ACR Convergence 2024
EspANDE Project: Improvement of Primary Care-Rheumatology Coordination in Spondyloarthritis in a Health Area in Northern Spain
Julio Sánchez-Martín¹, Cristina Martinez-Dubois², Javier Rueda Gotor³, Gabriel Pinedo-Lopez², Alvaro Perez-Martin², Roberto Gonzalez-Santamaria², Belén Atienza-Mateo⁴, Vanesa Calvo-Rio⁵, Inigo Gonzalez-Mazon⁶, Natalia Palmou Fontana⁴, Enriqueta Peiro-Callizo², Diana Prieto-Peña⁴, Lara Sanchez Bilbao⁷, Fernando Lopez-Gutierrez⁸ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁹, ¹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁵Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁶H. U. Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology and Ophthalmology. Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) constitutes a diverse set of inflammatory rheumatic diseases with a prevalence of 1.9% in the general population. Diagnostic delay, identified as a…
Abstract Number: 1069 • ACR Convergence 2024
Improving Triage Accuracy of Unclear Rheumatology Referrals: A Quality Improvement Study
Stephanie Gottheil¹, Chiara Gottheil² and Joseph Carson³, and Canadian Rheumatology Association - CIORA Grant, ¹London Rheumatology, London, ²London Rheumatology, London, Canada, ³London Rheumatology, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with early inflammatory arthritis (EIA) need to be seen urgently to initiate treatment. Our community rheumatology clinic in Ontario, Canada was concerned that…
Abstract Number: 1939 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patient’s Satisfaction with a Telerheumatology Program in a Remote Rural Area of Northern Pakistan
Tayyeba Khursheed¹, Usman A. Raza², Uzma Rasheed¹ and Wajahat Aziz¹, ¹Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan, ²ClaritasRx, South San Fransisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Telerheumatology has emerged as a promising tool for improving access to rheumatology services globally. Health delivery in remote rural areas is particularly challenging. Telerheumatology…
Abstract Number: 2635 • ACR Convergence 2024
Direct to Patient Screening for Psoriatic Arthritis in Patients with Psoriasis: Appropriateness of Rheumatology Referrals and Treatment Outcomes
Swetha Ann Alexander¹, Shaobo Pei², Gopi Penmetsa³, Soumya Reddy⁴, Jose Scher⁵, Alexis Ogdie⁶ and Jessica A Walsh⁷, ¹University of Utah, Salt lake City, UT, ²University of Utah, Thousand Oaks, CA, ³University Of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Diagnostic delays in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) among psoriasis patients are common due to under recognition by referring providers. Previous studies show that a PsA…
Abstract Number: 0553 • ACR Convergence 2024
Analyzing the Utilization of HLA-B27 Testing in a Large Rural Health System: Implications for Diagnostic Appropriateness
Sanjeev Shrestha¹, Angela Bobak², Idorenyin Udoeyo³, Pradeep Puri⁴, Jordan Law⁵ and David Bulbin⁶, ¹Geisinger Medical Center, Bloomsburg, PA, ²Geisinger Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ⁴Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, ⁵Geisinger Health System, Danville, ⁶Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 is linked to spondyloarthropathies (SpA), uveitis, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). By analyzing ordering diagnoses and final diagnoses during patient…
Abstract Number: 1070 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating & Improving Adherence to Pulmonary Hypertension Screening in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
John Hickernell¹ and Zineb Aouhab², ¹Loyola Univeristy Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Loyola University Medical Center, Oak Brook, IL
Background/Purpose: Annual screening for pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) has been shown to decrease mortality. The American College of Radiology, European…
Abstract Number: 1940 • ACR Convergence 2024
Timely Initiation of Steroid Sparing Therapy in Uveitis Patients – a Quality Improvement Initiative
Bibi Ayesha¹, Claudia Castiblanco², Clement Tagoe³, Sarah Baron² and Sharon Rikin², ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Metuchen, NJ, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center, New York
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is the inflammation of the eye, which is third leading cause of preventable blindness in the United States. Corticosteroids are the first line…
Abstract Number: PP04 • ACR Convergence 2024
Involving Pediatric Patients in Their Own Care
Whitney LaBar, Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Pleasanton, CA
Background/Purpose: When I was 14, I was diagnosed with thrombocytopenia, which led to more testing and a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). As a…
Abstract Number: 0121 • ACR Convergence 2024
Intra-renal Involvement in Primary Antiphospholipid Antibodies Syndrome: Data from Two Italian Centers
Liala Moschetti¹, Savino Sciascia², Micaela Fredi³, Mattia Zappa⁴, Massimo Radin⁵, Ilaria Cavazzana³, Stefania Affatato⁶, Cecilia Nalli⁷, Laura Andreoli⁸, Federico Alberici⁹, Franco Franceschini¹, Dario Roccatello¹⁰ and Angela Tincani¹¹, ¹Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ²University of Turin, Torino, Turin, Italy, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, ERN ReCONNET; ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Nephrology Unit and Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health; ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ⁵University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ⁶Nephrology Unit, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ⁷ASST SPEDALI CIVILI DI BRESCIA, Brescia, Italy, ⁸University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁹Nephrology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁰Nephrology and Dialysis Unit and Center of Immuno-Rheumatology and Rare Diseases (CMID) and Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences; San Giovanni Bosco Hospital and University of Turin, Italy, Turin, Italy, ¹¹ASST Spedali Civili-University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid antibodies nephropathy (aPL-N) is defined by thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) early lesions and late lesions such fibro-intimal hyperplasia with luminal obliteration/organized thrombi, fibrous arterial/arteriolar…
Abstract Number: 0578 • ACR Convergence 2024
Gender Differences in Disease Parameters, Adherence to Treat to Target Strategy and Outcomes in Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in Pakistani Cohort
Muhammad Saeed¹, HIna Ahmed² and Aziza Ahmed³, and Arthritis Carte Foundation Faculty, ¹Central Park Medical College, Arthritis Care Foundation, Lahore, Pakistan, ²Central Park Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, ³Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
Background/Purpose: In patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) there has been wide variability in terms of gender regarding disease characteristics as well as outcomes across different…
Abstract Number: 1071 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rapid Access Microscopy and Real Time Case Discussion via a Secure Messaging App Improves Diagnostic Accuracy and Management of Acute Hot Swollen Joints
Anouchka Lewis¹, John Stack², Oisin Corish², Callum Swift², Tomás Breslin², Frank Lyons², Eavan Muldoon², Cian McDermott², Sharon Cowley², Helina Alemayehu², Oliver Boughton², Khaled Taha² and Geraldine McCarthy², ¹The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Patients with acute swollen joints are often presumed to have septic arthritis, leading to treatment with intravenous antibiotics and arthroscopic washout. Previously at our…
Abstract Number: 1969 • ACR Convergence 2024
Harmonising Consensus and Reliability Studies in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Peter Mandl¹, Stine Carstensen², Lene Terslev³, Carlos Pineda⁴, Helen Keen⁵ and Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino⁶, and OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, vienna, Austria, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research and Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet-Glostrup & COPECARE, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵University of Western Australia, Daglish, Western Australia, Australia, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Over the last 20 years musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) was established as a disease outcome measurement instrument. MSUS target domains, including consensual theoretical definitions of pathological…

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