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Telemedicine Enriched Care Model for Autoinflammatory Diseases
Traditionally telemedicine is thought to be a technology where a patient directly talks to a provider or a specialist; however, another concept of having a patient with a local primary care who in turn accesses specialists via video conferencing, is gaining some momentum.
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ACR21 Best Abstracts We Saw - Day 3 (Monday)
The third day of ACR 2021 took a big leap in online content. Here is a compilation (with links) of presentations were the “ACRBest” as seen by our RheumNow faculty.
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Day 2 Report from ACR21
This report highlights the VITAL trial; the ORAL Surveillance Study; and the Microbiome study of monozygotic psoriasis patients.
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Bridging the gap in the delayed diagnosis of axSpA
Delay in the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) has been a huge challenge and is associated with poor outcomes.
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Either we need to review the Yearly PAP cervical screening in SLE women or work hard to improve patient awareness. Suspect the latter as time between tests was over 4 years late 😱 and 2.7% developed cancer #ACR21 #Abstr0133 @RheumNow https://t.co/wm01MfoFjf https://t.co/blD8WafZsE
Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof Yuz6Yusof ( View Tweet)
#ACR21 Ab#1166. How many of your pts use marijuana?
⭐️Probably more than you think!
▶️57% have tried, >50% use at least weekly
▶️67% doctors thought <20% of pts use it
🔥Pts over 40 yo MORE likely to report marijuana use
@Rheumnow https://t.co/0uW8rZvf1k https://t.co/ShMnR0faHr
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Eric Dein ericdeinmd ( View Tweet)
Billing and coding expert, Jean Acevedo shares the three URLs that you need to best understand the updated 2021 EM coding! #ACR21 @RheumNow #RheumNow https://t.co/3HbDuZP8gC
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
If you need a #knee replacement move out of Ontario. More income disparity of access to #TKR in Ontario vs Pennsylvania. Lack of universal #healthcare in 🇨🇦. Oh Canada we fail. @RheumNow #ACR21 abst#1037 https://t.co/kobUlT3Ugr
Janet Pope Janetbirdope ( View Tweet)
"Managing comorbidities can really improve outcomes for our patients"
@UnaMakris highlights the bio-psycho-social approach to multicomplexity and multimorbidity in our older patients with RA.
#ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/TMLqoreogZ
Mrinalini Dey DrMiniDey ( View Tweet)
#ACR21 Gift of Gab https://t.co/R1e14UA0pQ
Change habits through your words
⭐️Cost of inaction
⭐️Incremental change (ex ⬇️EtOH)
⭐️Follow the crowd!
⭐️Why not try?
Good advice for persuading pts re behavior change, Rx adherence, smoking cessation, vax hesitancy, etc. @Rheumnow https://t.co/9Cd7hAafTr
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Eric Dein ericdeinmd ( View Tweet)
This is a reassuring introduction to Dr. Janet Zeide's lecture on the Gift of Gab! 😊
Might need to remind myself of this more regularly😉
@RheumNow #ACR21 @rheumarhyme #publicspeaking https://t.co/AoOmFkQUBk
sheila RHEUMarampa ( View Tweet)
Really love this slide from @UnaMakris on the "5Ms of #Ageing"- will be trying to apply this in the clinical setting.
📊#Multicomplexity
🧠#Mind
🚶#Mobility
💊#Medications
🎯#WhatMattersMost
#ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/bCQN4VpyBP
Mrinalini Dey DrMiniDey ( View Tweet)
#ACR21 - Starting soon - The Gift of Gab! with @BayviewMedicine @jhrheumatology Jason Liebowitz moderating Communication for the Physician with @Wharton Janet Zeide. Learn about the RHEUM acronym for speaking! @Rheumnow https://t.co/wcgFUBcZeX
Eric Dein ericdeinmd ( View Tweet)
We need to be better at identifying and managing #depression in patients with #axspa.
In a group of 70 pts, many had high HADs-D & PHQ-9, with worse disease activity & #QoL compared to those with normal scores.
Abs#1305 #ACR21 @RheumNow
https://t.co/lNoo0HfMcC https://t.co/n7Vyl9L5FR
Mrinalini Dey DrMiniDey ( View Tweet)
My public policy is ⬆️vit D by going south for some of winter and take vitD supplement and eat a Mediterranean diet and/take omega3 tabs - also helps ERA in ⬆️dose. And exercise, be mindful and ⤵️stress & stop poverty! @RheumNow #ACR21 abst#0957 https://t.co/qulBm6DHlW
Janet Pope Janetbirdope ( View Tweet)
beautifully chaired by @cappelliMD
also elegant talk on 'M-triad' by the always articulate @lovetolearn27, made me think about my pt on the ward right now!
#ACR21 @RheumNow @CCalabreseDO @LCalabreseDO @got_rheum @MarieKostine @lexmeara @ReidMDMPH @NilashaGhosh @RheumDr_Nina https://t.co/2iu6zWp8Ge
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
My video take from yesterday for @RheumNow:
'Tired of Doing Nothing About Fatigue' #ACR21
https://t.co/EXjOibL5s9 https://t.co/cR6r8GdDor
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David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
7S125 Interesting talk on Anatomy for the Clinician: Putting Your Best Foot Forward
#ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/zLbDW9yfEb
Akhil Sood MD AkhilSoodMD ( View Tweet)
Always one of my favourite sessions at #ACR21- #Rheumatology #SecretsAndPearls
Dr Kolfenbach reminds us of the importance of discussing #lifestyle, #smoking and #diet with our patients in clinic.
@RheumNow #InflammatoryArthritis #RheumatoidArthritis #PsA https://t.co/2gadRBLCTb
Mrinalini Dey DrMiniDey ( View Tweet)
Younger patients and African Americans have a high no show rate. Need to focus on high-risk individuals and improve access to new patient appointments. @rheumnow #ACR21 abst#0610 https://t.co/3XZmXWfili
Bella Mehta bella_mehta ( View Tweet)
