Patient-centered care requires increased communication and a proactive patient. But how does it benefit a rheumatology practice? According to Stanford Shoor, MD, patient-centered care offers a team-based approach that can improve satisfaction in care and positively affect RA-specific outcomes…
Research suggests prednisone treatment can selectively modulate the signatures of regulatory T (Treg) cells, eosinophils and neutrophils in patients with IgG4-related disease. The results show IgG4-related disease may result from an imbalance of immune and inflammatory cells…
The FDA recently expanded the indications for ferumoxytol injections to include the treatment of adults with iron-deficiency anemia…
On Dec. 20, 2017, Congress passed a massive tax bill that will have an impact on nearly every individual and business in America. The bill makes sweeping revisions to existing tax provisions, and it will largely affect the health industry. Individual Mandate Repealed The bill repeals the individual mandate established in 2005 by the Affordable…
ARHP Member Named to AOTF Board of Trustees (2018–20) Nancy A. Baker, ScD, MPH, OTR, recently took on a new role, joining the American Occupational Therapy Foundation’s (AOTF’s) Board of Trustees. The AOTF is a charitable organization with a mission to support scientific and educational programming for occupational therapy. It provides most of the grants…
Rich Furie, MD, chief of rheumatology at Northwell Health in Long Island, N.Y., loves the ocean. At age 16, Dr. Furie inherited a summer sailing business started by his two older brothers, which Dr. Furie kept profitable for nine years. The young entrepreneurs named their fledgling company Furie Sailing, which offered sailing lessons and sailboat rentals. The…
With the aid of increasingly sophisticated neuroimaging technology, research into how the brain activates and changes in patients with chronic pain is delivering fascinating information that will hopefully pave the way to tailored, individual treatment of chronic pain. Over the past several years, data from neuroimaging studies have provided a new understanding of what occurs…
I spent the summer between my first and second years of medical school rotating in medical weight-management clinics, boastful that I would someday be an adult gastroenterologist. I first met Melissa Mannion, MD, in the pediatric clinic; at the time, she was a second-year pediatric resident and always wore cool pants. Born a chatterbox, I…
With the support of its membership, the ACR publishes clinical practice guidelines in multiple disease areas based on the best available clinical and scientific data. These aim to support health professionals treating rheumatology patients to give the best possible care. Like any set of medical guidelines, ACR guidelines are based on evidence of several different…
When Marc McClintock first began experiencing back pain, he chalked it up to the rigors of his racing career. For more than 36 years, Mr. McClintock has built and raced stock cars, high-powered race vehicles that compete on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. “I live in a commercial building, with my residence on…