The many accomplishments of the past year set the stage for a bright, busy future
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What You Need to Know about ACOs
Rheumatologists may need to speak up to get a place in these new healthcare groups
A Meeting of the Minds for RA Research
REF investigators gather to share research progress and trade advice
Are We There Yet?
Advancing rheumatology through public relations
Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis to Target
The time has come for goal-directed management of RA
Ethics FORUM
Understanding the challenges in rheumatology today
How a Rheumatologist Thinks: Cognition and Diagnostic Errors in Rheumatology
The Institute of Medicine has reported that each year up to 98,000 deaths result from iatrogenic injury and error.1 Autopsy series have suggested a 15% error rate in the practice of medicine. These numbers are surprising and concerning and raise important questions about how we practice medicine. What kind of errors do we make as…
Ethics Forum: Understanding the Challenges in Rheumatology Today
Understanding the challenges in rheumatology today
In Advocacy, Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Earlier in the year, it seemed that healthcare reform was stopped in its tracks because of the Massachusetts Senate special election—which placed Republican Scott Brown in the seat held by the “Liberal Lion,” Edward M. Kennedy. The Senate Democrats lost their supermajority and the momentum to pass President Obama’s healthcare reform legislation subsided. But through strong lobbying by the president, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590)—comprehensive healthcare reform—on March 21, and the president signed the bill into law on March 23.
PAC Progress and Challenges
After three years, RheumPAC has a solid start, and more work ahead of it