Information on new approvals and medication safety that rheumatologists need to know
Ethics Forum: The Ethical Challenges of Recruiting Patients for Clinical Trials
A successful recruiter raises concerns about balancing friendliness and enthusiasm with legal and ethical constraints when screening human subjects for research
Tech Talk: Smartphone Apps, Online Games May Encourage Healthy Behaviors in Rheumatology Patients
Customized text messages and virtual reality technology can help health professionals prompt patients to take medications and get exercise
Paleopathology Uses Patients from the Past to Investigate Today’s Diseases
Evidence of disease in prehistoric skeletons can provide clues to early characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, and other joint disorders
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Strides Made in Understanding Systemic Sclerosis
Greater knowledge of how vasculitis, fibrosis, and autoimmunity interact in these destructive diseases will result in better clinical management
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Inflammatory Eye Disease Management Can Benefit from Collaboration between Rheumatologists and Ophthalmologists
Joint effort is critical to diagnosing and treating uveitis, iritis, and other autoimmune eye disorders in patients with inflammatory disease
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Clues to Predictors of Autoimmune Disease Revealed
New research clarifies signs of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus years in advance and could lead to presymptomatic treatment intervention
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Research Provides Insight into Preclinical Rheumatic Disease
Data offer clues to role of mucosal biology in etiology of rheumatoid arthrits and early pathology of rheumatic diseases
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Diagnostic,Treatment Approaches Evolve for Kawasaki Disease
New data examine infliximab as a treatment option, and updated diagnostic criteria aids physicians in recognizing KD and detecting cardiac involvement in patients
Pharmacy-based Arthritis Screening Debuts in Canada
Co-sponsored program between the Ministry of Health and pharmacy chain tasks pharmacists with screening people for knee osteoarthritis
Letters: More Tools for Inflammatory Myopathies
A reader offers more diagnostic tools for inflammatory myopathies
Letters: A Word of Caution on Colchicine Study
A rheumatologist warns against generalizing findings of the study reported in “Colchine Effective for Acute Pericarditis” [published online October 31, 2013] to all patients with rheumatic diseases
Practice Page: Is In-house or Outsourced Medical Billing Right for Your Physician Practice?
What to consider when deciding whether to delegate claims billing in-house or to contract with an outside company
Coding Corner Answer: February Coding Challenge
Coding for an office visit by a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis who is evaluated before starting a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor
Coding Corner Question: February
Test your coding knowledge for an evaluation and management visit by a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis who is starting a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor
Is Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Right for Your Rheumatology Practice?
The RhMSUS Course for Rheumatologists–Fundamentals combines lectures and hands-on exercises in the imaging technique for physicians with limited ultrasound experience
Parents Give Back after Watching Daughter’s Struggle with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Diagnosis prompts Steve and Debbie Russell to support the Rheumatology Research Foundation
2014 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium Scheduled April 3–6 in Orlando, Florida
Conference to feature practice management tips and latest findings in clinical, translational, and basic research on treating rheumatic diseases in children
Rheuminations: Road to Success in Medicine May Be Paved with Failure
How healthcare has benefited from breakthrough discoveries related to bovine spongiform encephalitis, H. pylori ulcer disease, and properdin by researchers who persevered despite criticism from skeptics
President’s Perspective: ACR’s Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Certification in Rheumatology Program Helps Healthcare Providers Learn to Use This Tool
RhMSUS program helps health professionals address payment reforms, practice efficiency, and quality of patient care through use of MSUS imaging technology
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: On Stage at ACR Knowledge Bowl 2013
A rheumatology fellow shares her experience competing in the rheumatology-themed quiz game
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Better Care for Pediatric Rheumatology Patients On Horizon
A robust workforce, flourishing clinical trials, broad patient registries, and consensus treatment protocols contribute to improvements for the subspecialty
Why Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Should Be On Your Radar
With a wide range of clinical manifestations and frequent occurrence among rheumatology patients, APS is one for rheumatologists to watch