Abstracts tagged "Work Force"

Abstract Number: 1074 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bending the Curve on Inbox Bloat: A Patient Portal Project to Mature-the-Message via Nurse Triage to Reduce Provider Inbox Time
Christie Bartels¹, Sancia Ferguson², Carmen Campbell¹, Lori Zemlicka³, Amanda Weber³, Andrew Holt¹ and Elizabeth R. Trowbridge⁴, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, ³UW Health Rheumatology, Madison, WI, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Clinical demands have grown, in part, from rising use of patient portals, while traditional clinic nurse triage has focused on phone-based care. We sought…
Abstract Number: 1286 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Analysis of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in US ACGME-accredited Adult Rheumatology Fellowship Programs
Hamza Ali and Alysia Kwiatkowski, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: The ACR 2015 Workforce Study Report highlighted a lack of diversity within the workforce with 73.6% of Adult Rheumatology providers identifying as White, 15%…
Abstract Number: 1287 • ACR Convergence 2024
Development of the Academy for Workforce Advancement to Enrich Rheumatology Diversity
Eli Miloslavsky¹, Greta Sirek², Mia Chandler³, Renato Ferrandiz⁴, Grace Wright⁵, Maura Iversen⁶, Daniel Solomon², Jeffrey Katz², Ellen Gravallese⁷, Sciaska Ulysse⁸, Valerie Stone², Gail Kerr⁹ and Candace Feldman², ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴North Alabama Medical Center, Florence, AL, ⁵AWIR, New York, NY, ⁶Johnson & Wales University, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA, ⁸University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Workforce diversity enhances scientific inquiry and improves healthcare access and quality of care for minoritized populations. While other medicine subspecialties have increasing numbers of…
Abstract Number: 1737 • ACR Convergence 2024
RheumMadness 2024: The Practical Impact of the Practically Perfect Season
Eric Wilson¹, Benjamin Lueck², Sabahat Usmani³, Laura Arneson⁴, Meredith Balbach⁵, Lauren Phillips⁶, John Kellogg², Courtney Bair⁷, Michael Macklin⁸, Iman Qaiser⁹, Amanda Rodriguez¹⁰, Akrithi Garren¹¹, Nina Couette¹², Melissa Briones¹³, Matthew Sparks⁷, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Guy Katz¹⁴ and David Leverenz⁷, ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³WEISS Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁸University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁹Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Health Services Authority, McKinney, TX, ¹⁰Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹MedStar/Georgetown Washington Hospital Center, Silver Spring, MD, ¹²Genesis Healthcare System, Columbus, OH, ¹³Loyola University, Maywood, IL, ¹⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: RheumMadness is an online tournament of competing rheumatology concepts. The 2024 season focused on the practical impact of published manuscripts; to mirror this, we…
Abstract Number: 1738 • ACR Convergence 2024
How Do Resident Physicians Choose a Career in Rheumatology?A Qualitative Analysis of Journey Maps
Rachael Hart¹ and Bharat Kumar², ¹University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, ²University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Professional Identity Formation (PIF) refers to the process by which individuals internalize knowledge, skills, values and beliefs, resulting in an individual embracing a sense…
Abstract Number: 1935 • ACR Convergence 2024
Timely Referral of Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases to Rheumatology: Validation of a Referral Algorithm with Frontline Physicians
Nelly Ziade¹, Karen Mechleb², Nizar Ani³, avin maroof⁴, ASAL ADNAN RIDHA⁵, Manal El Rakawi⁶, Chafika Haouichat⁶, Bassel Elzorkany⁷, Sherif Gamal⁸, Mariama Erraoui⁹, Manal Al-Mashaleh¹⁰, Fatima Alnaimat¹¹, Basel masri¹², fatemah Baron¹³, Lina El Kibbi¹⁴, Krystel Aouad¹⁵ and Ihsane Hmamouchi¹⁶, and ARCH - ArLAR, ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Saint Joseph University Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ³Baghdad College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁴University of Kurdistan Hawler, Erbil, Iraq, ⁵Baghdad Teaching Hospital, baghdad, Iraq, ⁶Djillali Bounaama University Hospital, Algiers, Algeria, ⁷Private (BZRC), Cairo, Egypt, ⁸Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁹Souss Massa Univeristy, Rabat, Morocco, ¹⁰Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan, ¹¹University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, ¹²Jordan Hospital and Medical Center, Amman, Jordan, ¹³Al-Jahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait, Kuwait, ¹⁴Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁵Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, ¹⁶Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Rabat, Morocco
Background/Purpose: Early referral of patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRDs) to rheumatology is essential to reduce diagnostic delays and improve long-term prognosis. Referral strategies…
Abstract Number: 1937 • ACR Convergence 2024
Wellness and Burnout Among Pediatric Rheumatologists in North America- A 2024 CARRA Study
Kathryn Cook¹, Aviya Lanis², Arielle Hay³, Daniel Glaser⁴, Sarah Hoffmann⁵, Lakshmi Moorthy⁶, Onengiya Harry⁷, Deepika Singh⁸ and Sheetal Vora⁹, and for the CARRA Investigators, ¹Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL, ⁴Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁶Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Metuchen, NJ, ⁷Brenner Children's Hospital - Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁸Valley Children's Healthcare, Clovis, CA, ⁹Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC
Background/Purpose: A high proportion of pediatricians experience burnout symptom impacting patient care and academic productivity. Burnout is a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion…
Abstract Number: 1948 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Rheumatology Physician Assistant/Associate Workforce
Benjamin Smith¹, Roderick Hooker², Mirela Bruza-Augatis³, Kasey Puckett³ and Andrzej Kozikowski³, ¹Florida State University College of Medicine, Thomasville, GA, ²Independent Researcher, Ridgefield, WA, ³National Commission on Certification of PAs, Johns Creek, GA
Background/Purpose: The United States needs more rheumatologists, facing a growing population in size and age, an aging physician workforce, a shortage of replacement rheumatologists, and…
Abstract Number: 2175 • ACR Convergence 2024
Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic Referral Patterns at a Large Midwestern Center
Emily Fox¹, Stephanie Quinn¹, Ashley Lytch¹, Angie Williams¹, Julia Harris² and Ashley Cooper³, ¹Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ²Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ³Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Pediatric rheumatologists are facing a shortfall of providers and in multiple states, patients do not have readily accessible care for rheumatologic issues. Our clinic…
Abstract Number: 0210 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatology, Heal Thyself: The Experience of Underrepresented Physicians in Rheumatology
Rob Valdovinos¹, Ashley Martin², Jay Mehta² and Irene Blanco³, ¹UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Northwestern University, Oak Park, IL
Background/Purpose: Providing racially and ethnically concordant care in minoritized populations by providers identifying as underrepresented in medicine (URiM) has been reported to be associated with…
Abstract Number: 0213 • ACR Convergence 2024
Electronic Medical Record Inbox Volume Association with Physician Gender, Physician Burnout, and the COVID-19 Pandemic at an Academic Rheumatology Center
Laura Arneson¹, Brian Jaros², Rowland Chang², Anisha Dua², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Anh Chung² and Yvonne Lee¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: As Rheumatology faces a workforce shortage, factors contributing to physician burnout are crucial to address. Research in other specialties suggests that increased electronic medical…
Abstract Number: 1034 • ACR Convergence 2024
Elucidating the Program Theory of a Successful Interdisciplinary Team-Based Model of Rheumatology Care: An Exploratory Case Study
Lauren King¹, Daphne To¹, Zeenat Ladak², Carrie Barnes³, Catherine Hofstetter⁴, Carter Thorne⁵, Laura Oliva⁶, Noah Ivers², Jessica Widdifield⁷ and Celia Laur², and the Canadian Rheumatology Implementation Science Team (CAN-RIST), ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ³Patient Research Partner, Toronto, Canada, ⁴OMERACT, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Newmarket Rheumatology Consultants, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁶Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Sunnybrook Research Institute / ICES / UofT Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The increasing prevalence of RMDs has resulted in a demand for care that surpasses the supply of rheumatologists, necessitating innovative care models to provide…
Abstract Number: 0763 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sticking the Landing: A 3-Year Qualitative Longitudinal Study on Navigating Transitions in Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship
Sarah Bayefsky¹, Hannah Anderson², Dorene Balmer² and Jay Mehta², ¹University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Transitions present many challenges for medical trainees, and a lack of preparedness for these transitions is associated with negative outcomes, including higher rates of…
Abstract Number: 0764 • ACR Convergence 2023
An Atypical ClassRheum: RheumMadness, a Collaborative Rheumatology Competition Building Knowledge and Community
Meridith Balbach¹, Sabahat Usmani², Guy Katz³, Lauren He⁴, Michael Macklin⁴, Iman Qaiser⁵, John Kellogg⁶, Courtney Bair⁶, Benjamin Lueck⁶, Akrithi Garren⁷, Matthew Sparks⁶, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁶ and David Leverenz⁶, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA, ⁶Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁷MedStar/Georgetown Washington Hospital Center, Silver Spring, MD
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the evolving impact of RheumMadness, an online educational tournament of competing rheumatology concepts, over three years by describing changes in participant engagement,…
Abstract Number: 0993 • ACR Convergence 2023
Successful Implementation of a New Patient Video Triage Program
Dr Tarun Sharma¹, Adam Dore², Caitlin Rossi³ and Jessica Heintzinger³, ¹West Penn Hospital, New Delhi, India, ²Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ³AHN, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Many factors contribute to long wait times for new patient rheumatology visits including the increasing number of rheumatology referrals and new patient visits. Through…

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