What did they do in Canada to improve the care for their patients of Indigenous background? Practical but strategic approach to healthcare service improvement - that lead to real benefits. #ACR23 @RheumNow https://t.co/VlGW3KBFCj

X-Rays Questioned for Diagnosing Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Routine hand and foot radiographs in more than 700 patients being evaluated for RA made almost no difference in diagnosing the condition nor in predicting its course, Dutch researchers said. https://t.co/afU0Td7GOA https://t.co/UCOmBQtpE5

Dr. Iyer - factors driving inequity in the access of essential medicines esp. in low to middle-income countries: 💠availability 💠affordability 💠accessibility 💠acceptability #ACR23 @RheumNow @rheumarhyme https://t.co/eIvOAjg31H

Inequities in Medical Care Delivery: 👉>80% of people live in low/middle income places 👉2 billion people are unable to access meds and healthcare services 👉Availability, accessibility, affordability, acceptability are the 4 barriers Dr. J Iyer #ACR23 @RheumNow #GlobalSummit https://t.co/u21NTAYBpY

Big Pharma – Pay attention! When developing new therapeutics, consider delivery, cost, climate sensitivity and sustainability #GlobalSummit @ACRheum @rheumnow #ACR23 https://t.co/ThqnTI3SNm

Opportunities to address healthcare inequities: generics/biosimilars, fair pricing, and inclusive business models. #GlobalSummit @RheumNow #ACR23 @ACRheum https://t.co/ynJWWcCqWo

Retrospective study(2016-2019) of referred newly, suspected (#RA) pts found no value in initial Xrays. Only 32/724 patients (4.4%) had RA like erosions, with Erosions leading to a Dx in only 2 pts (0.3%) & changed prognostic classification in 3 pts (0.4%) https://t.co/fi48WiBgIc https://t.co/skObArXYr6

Orthopedic cohort study of 274,403 pts (180K females, 94K males; mean age=55). The risk of future TKA was signif greater in pts w/ combination of Depression+Obesity group (11.9%); compared to Controls (8.3%), obese (10.2%) or Depression (7.8%) https://t.co/dltVS0Y6PY https://t.co/REgO5tjEUv

RHEUM SURVEY: Your choice of a biologic in SpA patients is mostly influenced by? Respond here>> https://t.co/AtX4vZBvIT https://t.co/CgzROe8irB

Introducing RheumNow's #ACR23 faculty! They'll be covering ACR this weekend with valuable tweets, articles, videos and more. Follow us for real time updates. https://t.co/c9jla43lqw

QD Clinics - Neighbor Consults Your neighbor has a Swollen RPIP4. QD Clinics are sponsored by RheumNows Coverage of #ACR23 live from San Diego https://t.co/ZXNalfiVFv https://t.co/TAxpVyowF5