Rheumatoid Arthritis Practice Performance Project Spots Problems in RA Management

Drs. Erin Arnold, William Arnold, Conaway, Crump, LaCour, Mossell, Parris, Thomas, Sikes and Winkler are clinician rheumatologists participating in the RAPP Project. Dr. Harrington and Mr. Bower are partners in Joiner Associates LLC, the RAPP Project coordinator.

Disclosure Statement

Joiner Associates received consulting fees from Crescendo Bioscience for designing and coordinating the project—without any influence from the company. Crescendo Bioscience has also provided support for participant advisory board meetings for this quality-improvement initiative. The participating clinician authors have reported no other individual disclosures.

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