Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and technology"

Abstract Number: 1051 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Telemedicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Alaska Native Population
Elizabeth Ferucci¹, Tammy Choromanski¹, Gretchen Day² and Sarah Freeman³, ¹Division of Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, ²Clinical and Research Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, ³Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: Access to a rheumatologist and frequent monitoring of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with higher quality of care and improved outcomes.…
Abstract Number: 1252 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Real-World Oral Methotrexate Adherence Measured Electronically in Patients with Established Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kaleb Michaud^1,2, Rebecca Schumacher², Bernard Vrijens³, Eric Tousset³, Gorana Dasic⁴, Connie Chen⁴, Ekta Agarwal⁴ and Maria Suarez-Almazor⁵, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³WestRock Healthcare, Visé, Belgium, ⁴Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁵Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: While weekly methotrexate (MTX) remains the gold standard treatment for patients with RA, studies suggest that MTX adherence may be sub-optimal and could be…
Abstract Number: 2781 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing RA Disease Activity with Promis Measures Using Smartphone Technology
Huifeng Yun¹, Shuo Yang², W. Benjamin Nowell³, Cooper Filby¹, Lang Chen¹ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Health information technology has enabled efficient measurement of PROs using Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) methods, which have been shown to minimize missing data and…
Abstract Number: 2223 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Clinical Decisions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Management Using Online Medical Simulations
Nimish Mehta¹, Keith Johnson², Douglas Blevins³ and Martin Warters³, ¹Medscape, LLC, New York, NY, ²Medscape Education, New York, NY, ³Medscape, LLC, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: In many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the disease is not adequately controlled, and only a minority of patients attain the goal of consistent…
Abstract Number: 2224 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tailored, Online Education on Comparative Effectiveness Studies in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Success in Improving Knowledge and Clinical Decisions
Nimish Mehta, Emilie McCardell and Kathleen Geissel, Medscape, LLC, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Analysis of past educational activities on comparative effectiveness studies in RA identified different educational needs for varying segments of rheumatologists – from interpretation of…
Abstract Number: 1987 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simulation in Continuing Education: Improving Evidence-Based Decisions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Management
Nimish Mehta¹, Martin Warters² and Douglas Blevins², ¹Medscape, LLC, New York, NY, ²Therasim, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose In many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the disease is not adequately controlled, and only a minority of patients attain the goal of consistent…
Abstract Number: 968 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Success Of Educational Intervention In Improving The Management Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Nimish Mehta and Ronald Viggiani, Medscape, LLC, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: In many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the disease is not adequately controlled and only a minority of patients attain the goal of consistent…

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