Abstracts tagged "Work Force"

Abstract Number: 0724 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of a Global Strategy to Strengthen Health Systems for Prevention and Management of Musculoskeletal Health
Andrew Briggs¹, Anthony Woolf², Carmen Huckel Schneider³, Helen Slater⁴, Joanne Jordan⁵, Sakira Parambath⁶, James Young⁷, Saurab Sharma⁸, Deborah Kopansky-Giles⁷, Swatee Mishra⁹, Kristina Akesson¹⁰, Karsten Dreinhoefer¹¹, Neil Betteridge¹² and Lyn March¹³, ¹Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, ²Bone and Joint Resaerch Group, Truro, United Kingdom, ³Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economic, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁴Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, ⁵HealthSense (Aust) Pty, Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁷Department of Research, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Department of Physiotherapy, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Kavre, Nepal, ⁹Sydney Musculoskeletal, Bone and Joint Health Alliance. Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Sciences Malmo, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ¹¹Medical Park Berlin Humboldtmühle, Berlin, Germany, ¹²Neil Betteridge Associates, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Sydney Medical School, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, Australia
Background/Purpose: The need to control the burden of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions is not reflected in policies and practices across the globe. This study aims to…
Abstract Number: 1285 • ACR Convergence 2022
Joint Injection Workflow in Rheumatology – an Opportunity to Improve Efficiency and Physician Satisfaction
Melissa Band¹, Eric Newman², Andrea Berger¹, Kirsten Koons³, Madhuri Duggirala¹, Rajesh Kuppuraju⁴, Peter Daniel Nicholas III⁵, David Bulbin⁶, David Pugliese⁷ and Jonida Cote⁸, ¹Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger Medical Center, Lewisburg, PA, ⁴Geisinger Medical Center, General Rheumatology Fellowship, Danville, PA, ⁵Geisinger Medical Center, Leesport, PA, ⁶Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ⁷Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA, ⁸Geisinger Medical Center, Orefield, PA
Background/Purpose: Physicians strive to provide patient-centered, timely care, often with perceived inadequate blocked time on the schedule. We aim to understand the joint injection workflow,…
Abstract Number: 1296 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impacting Demand Through Supply: An Evaluation of the Types of Pediatric Rheumatology Referrals at a Single Institution
Emma Leisinger¹, Carter Worth², Linder Wendt³ and Katherine Schultz⁴, ¹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ³University of Iowa Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, Iowa City, IA, ⁴University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: The worsening Pediatric Rheumatology Workforce Shortage necessitates improving referral accuracy. Chief complaints of joint pain (arthralgia) are ideal to target as arthralgia alone does…
Abstract Number: 0057 • ACR Convergence 2022
Accelerating AxSpA Diagnosis: Exploring At-home Self-sampling, Symptom Checkers, Medical Student-visits and Asynchronous Report-based Assessment
Hannah Labinsky¹, Sophie von Rohr², Maria Gabriella Raimondo³, Ekaterina Vogt⁴, Britta Horstmann², Isabel Gehring⁵, Jessica Rojas-Restrepo⁵, Fabian Proft⁶, Felix Mühlensiepen⁷, Daniela Bohr², Georg Schett⁸, Andreas Ramming³ and Johannes Knitza³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Thermo Fisher Scientific, Freiburg, Germany, ⁵Thermo Fisher Scientific, Freiburg, ⁶Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Center for Health Services Research, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: The growing shortage of rheumatologists threatens adequate rheumatological care. The diagnostic delay for axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is particularly long, ranging between 3 to 11…
Abstract Number: 0071 • ACR Convergence 2022
Workforce Changes and Characteristics of Adult Rheumatologists in a United States Medicare Claims Analysis
Melissa Mannion¹, Fenglong Xie¹, John FitzGerald², Amy Mudano³, Zihan Wan¹ and Jeffrey Curtis⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have projected inadequate growth in the rheumatology provider workforce to keep up with population demand. The objective of this project was to…
Abstract Number: 0224 • ACR Convergence 2022
Developing and Evaluating a Rheumatology Nurse Competency Framework to Guide Professional Development and Career Progression
Louise parker¹, Diana Finney², Julie Begum³, Triish Cornell⁴, Sarah Ryan⁵, Lisa Howie⁶, Helen Smith⁷, Ruth Wyllie⁸ and Polly Livermore⁹, ¹Royal College of Nursing, London, United Kingdom, ²Sussex MSK Partnership, Bexhill on Sea, United Kingdom, ³Luton and Dunstable University Hospitals NHS Trust, Luton, United Kingdom, ⁴r, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, England, United Kingdom, ⁵Keele University, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Keele, United Kingdom, ⁶Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, ⁷University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, United Kingdom, ⁸Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁹Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The role of the Rheumatology Nurse Specialist is a complex one, with wide variation in titles, practice and responsibility ,world wide. Therefore, in the…
Abstract Number: 0485 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Rheumatology Trainee Health and Wellbeing: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Trainee Survey
Kristen Young¹, Su-Ann Yeoh², Michael Putman³, Sebastian Sattui⁴, Richard Conway⁵, Elizabeth Graef⁶, Adam Killian⁷, Maximilian Konig⁸, Jeffrey Sparks⁹, Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹⁰, Laura Upton¹¹, Francis Berenbaum¹², Suleman Bhana¹³, Jonathan Hausmann¹⁴, Pedro Machado¹⁵, Philip Robinson¹⁶, Emily Sirotich¹⁷, Paul Sufka¹⁸, Jinoos Yazdany¹⁹, Jean Liew²⁰, Rebecca Grainger²¹, Zachary Wallace²² and Aruni Jayatilleke²³, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Brookfield, WI, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵St. James's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁷George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁸The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ¹¹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Melbourne, FL, ¹²Sorbonne Universit - hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France, ¹³Crystal Run Health, Montvale, NJ, ¹⁴Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ¹⁵Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁶University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Herston, Australia, ¹⁷McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁸HealthPartners, Eagan, MN, ¹⁹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²⁰Boston University, Boston, MA, ²¹University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ²²Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²³Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare delivery and education of physicians, including rheumatology trainees. Our objective was to assess the impact of the COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 0611 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Area Deprivation Index and Practice Patterns of Medicare Part D Rheumatologists
Shannon Tai¹, Ikechukwu Mbonu² and Michael Putman³, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, West Allis, WI, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Brookfield, WI
Background/Purpose: Geographic disparities in the distribution and practice patterns of rheumatology providers may negatively impact patients with rheumatic diseases. The objective of this study was…
Abstract Number: 1082 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Rheumatology Workforce in Canada: Results of the Workforce and Wellness Survey
Stephanie Kulhawy-Wibe¹, Jessica Widdifield², Jason Kur³, Jennifer Lee⁴, Carter Thorne⁵, Elaine Yacyshyn⁶, Michelle Batthish⁷, Dana Jerome⁴, Rachel Shupak⁸, Konstantin Jilkine⁹, Jane Purvis¹⁰, Justin Shamis⁴, Janet Roberts¹¹, Jennifer Burt¹², Nicole Johnson¹, Cheryl Barnabe¹, Nicole Spencer¹ and Claire Barber¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Sunnybrook Research Institute; ICES; Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁸St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹⁰Peterborough Education, Peterborough, ON, Canada, ¹¹Dalhousie University, Halifac, NS, Canada, ¹²Eastern Health, St. John's, NL, Canada
Background/Purpose: A rheumatology workforce survey conducted in Canada in 2015 predicted a looming critical shortage of rheumatologists, with one third of surveyed rheumatologists indicating plans…
Abstract Number: 1171 • ACR Convergence 2021
Needs Assessment of a Rheumatology Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
Laura Arneson¹, Biana Modilevsky², Kaitlin Lima¹, Sarah Fantus¹ and Anisha Dua³, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Swedish Hospital, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The rheumatology workforce faces a shortage in the decade ahead. Internal Medicine (IM) residents comprise the pipeline of physicians who will care for rheumatology…
Abstract Number: 1182 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pilot Health Literacy Curriculum Addressing Skills and Content Knowledge for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology Fellows
Gabriel Tarshish¹, Heather Archer-Dyer², Pablo Joo³, Dawn Wahezi⁴, Tamara Tanner⁵, Rhonda Acholonu⁴, Tamar Rubinstein⁶ and Irene Blanco⁷, ¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³UC Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, ⁴Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁵Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Cresskill, NJ
Background/Purpose: 36% of adults in the US have a basic to below basic level of health literacy. Studies show that limited health literacy (LHL) has…
Abstract Number: 1186 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Kardashian Index of Rheumatology Program Directors: Comparing Scholarly Activity and Twitter Use of Rheumatology Fellowship Program Directors in the United States
Aakanksha Khanna¹, Keerthy Gopalakrishnan², Dawid Czarny¹, Brian Quigley¹ and Alysia Kwiatkowski¹, ¹State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ²S.R.M. Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: Social media has changed the way we communicate and disseminate information. Program directors (PDs) can use social media to boost visibility for professional networking,…
Abstract Number: 1187 • ACR Convergence 2021
Is Your Program Website Optimized for Recruitment? An Evaluation of Rheumatology Fellowship Program Websites
Temitope Ajayi, Aakanksha Khanna, Brian Quigley and Alysia Kwiatkowski, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: A program’s website is a helpful source of information for a prospective applicant whose decision on where to apply is influenced by the data…
Abstract Number: 1190 • ACR Convergence 2021
Rheumatology Continuing Professional Development for Primary Care Providers: A Systematic Review
Rachel Robbins¹, Joseph Maciuba², Lauren Maggio³ and Anita Samuel³, ¹Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Germantown, MD, ²Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ³Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: The 2015 workforce study conducted by the American College of Rheumatology estimated that in 2030, the United States (US) alone will have a shortage…
Abstract Number: 1377 • ACR Convergence 2020
Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Systemic Sclerosis in Post-9/11 Deployed Veterans Receiving Care Veterans Health Administration Care
Tracy Frech¹, Maureen Murtaugh¹, Megan Amuan² and Mary Jo Pugh¹, ¹University of Utah and Salt Lake Veterans Affair Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Veterans Affair Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this project was to describe Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (VEDOSS), and systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Veterans…

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