First time three people from the specialty selected in the same year
Mitigate Risk and Increase Success of Lupus Clinical Trials
Design strategies from a Lupus Research Institute conference
How to Provide Compassionate Care When Touch Is Painful
Providing compassionate care when touch is painful
A Look Back & A Look Ahead: ACR Research and Education Foundation Turns 25
The ACR Research and Education Foundation turns 25
Integrating the New Physician
The diverse generations that are now a part of the work environment have unique perspectives and professional needs, and this holds true for rheumatology practices. Furthermore, senior and junior physicians have different work styles and needs. To succeed in this new era, both groups will have to learn from each other to make a practice successful and efficient. Here are a few tips to help.
ACR Announces New Social Networking Opportunities
Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. Flickr. These are common social networking sites that you may use regularly to keep up with friends, colleagues, news, and information. Now you can keep up with the ACR on these sites too.
What is ICD-9 Coding?
The International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification, 9th Revision (ICD-9 CM) is a list of codes intended for the classification of diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or disease. The numerical format of the diagnosis codes usually ranges from three to five digits that are assigned to a unique category.
Coding Corner Question
August’s Coding Challenge
Coding Corner Answer
August’s Coding Answer
Networking Opportunities at Annual Meeting
As the 2010 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting continues to draw an increasing number of rheumatology physicians and health professionals, it has become vital to create forums that encourage a sense of community and bring value to the networking aspects of the meeting. The ACR and ARHP Annual Meeting Planning Committees continue to strive to provide more venues for meet-and-greets and improved opportunities for both professional and casual interaction among attendees.
Research Offers Hope of New Therapies to Prevent Bone Loss and Destruction
A study recently published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases shows promise for potential new therapies to prevent bone loss and bone destruction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Support for Friends of Rheumatology
RheumPAC—the voluntary, nonpartisan political action committee of the ACR—works to support and elect pro-rheumatology candidates. RheumPAC representatives were busy in May meeting with supporters of the rheumatology community.
Advocates for Arthritis: My First Time on the Hill
When I first read the request for advocates to fly in to Washington D.C., I was intrigued and curious. I’ve heard of visits to Capitol Hill to present important medical issues but was not really sure how the process worked. Politics can seem daunting and complicated, but I know it is necessary to get Congress on board to address medical care. I was excited to be accepted and ready to learn how to best help my patients in the political arena.
What Does Meaningful Use Really Mean?
On July 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the publication of the final rule for the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program. The final rule announcement ended the holding pattern for providers eager to make the switch from paper to digital medical records.
From Bimbo to Barajas Airport: Some Surreal Moments and a Ticket Home
Some surreal moments and a ticket home
Tear Down That Wall: CME restrictions stifle speeches
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the world because it recognizes individuals and organizations that promote the causes of peace and human rights. In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi received this prize for her courageous work in advancing democracy in the Republic of Myanmar. Because of her leadership of the democracy movement in Myanmar, the military regime that governs that country has gone to great lengths to gag her. Indeed, she has been under house arrest for most of the last two decades since she received the Peace Prize. An outpouring of support for Aung San Suu Kyi and demands for her freedom by human rights advocates and Western governments have sadly been to no avail.
Our Commitment to Research
The ACR has a wide range of programs to support investigations in rheumatology
REF Investigators’ Meeting Brings Researchers Together to Search for RA Cure
REF Investigators’ Meeting brings researchers together to search for RA cure
ACR and EULAR Debut New RA Classification Criteria in August
The complex development process focused on earlier detection and treatment
The Expanded Role of the Inflammasome in Human Disease
Exploring advances, evaluating what remains to be done