Mary Beth Nierengarten is a freelance medical journalist based in Minneapolis.
Mary Beth Nierengarten is a freelance medical journalist based in Minneapolis.
Over the past 18 months, the ACR’s Quality of Care (QOC) Committee has helped produce an impressive number of resources that will help rheumatologists deliver the best possible care. Working through specific projects supervised under its Criteria, Guideline, Guidance, and Quality Measure subcommittees, the QOC Committee has developed new sets of disease criteria, clinical guidelines,…
Marian Hannan Celebrated after 10 Years as AC&R Editor-in-Chief By Kelly April Tyrrell This summer, the 10-year tenure of Marian Hannan, MPH, DSc, as editor in chief of Arthritis Care & Research (AC&R), has come to an end. Kelli Allen, PhD, assumed the post on July 1. ad goes here:advert-1ADVERTISEMENTSCROLL TO CONTINUE“Marian has done a…
How the ACR manages conflict-of-interest policies
The ACR publishes multiple types of documents to provide guidance for its members, but some potentially beneficial topics have not fit neatly into existing production pathways. To answer the need, the ACR has formed a Guidance Subcommittee to the Quality of Care (QOC) Committee. This will allow the ACR to adapt more nimbly, when appropriate,…