Focus Rheums| ACR Convergence 2024 Previews

An official publication of the ACR and the ARP serving rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals

ACR State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium

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Join the ACR in Chicago April 13–15 for the 2007 State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium. The symposium will start with a focus on lupus with presentations on pathophysiology, trial metrics, and a review of recently completed clinical trials. Saturday afternoon will include an update on several diseases including Sjögren’s syndrome, fibromyalgia, pediatric vasculitis, and myositis. Following RA presentations Sunday morning, the symposium will conclude with the always-popular “Year in Review” presentation.

Interprofessional Collaboration Opportunities Abound for ARHP Members

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Meeting the needs of persons with complex, chronic diseases is increasingly challenging in a healthcare environment where the demand for high-quality comprehensive services is coupled with dwindling resources. According to the Institute of Medicine, “the ability to plan care and practice effectively using multidisciplinary teams takes on increasing importance as the proportion of the population with chronic conditions grows.”1 This kind of collaboration is increasingly important to ensure high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive patient-centered care.

AMA and ACR Physician Practice Information Survey

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The American Medical Association (AMA), with the support of the ACR and more than 60 other medical specialty societies, will begin conducting a multispecialty survey of America’s physician practices this year.

Twenty Questions, Part 2

David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD  |  

Outcomes measures can standardize care—but they can’t standardize patients

Keep ACR at the Table

Neal S. Birnbaum, MD  |  

Without your help, ACR will lose its clout at the AMA

Professional Partners

Jill Landis, MD  |  

Rheumatologists and nurse practitioners team up to improve workflow and patient care

Target Remission

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Strategies to identify and track remission in your RA patients

A Day in the Life of Gay Kuchta, OT

Heather Lindsey  |  

Treating children with rheumatologic diseases takes a unique approach. “You shouldn’t treat them as little adults,” says Gay Kuchta, OT, who works in pediatrics at the Mary Pack Arthritis Program at Vancouver Hospital in British Columbia. “They take special consideration.”