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Health Data Breaches on the Rise

Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) | April 15, 2015

Large-scale health data breaches reported by doctors and health plans have been rising steadily, a new report shows. From 2010 to 2013, nearly 1000 large breaches affected more than 29 million individual health records, and more than half resulted from theft or loss of laptops, thumb drives and paper records, according to researchers with access…

Imaging in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Susanne Juhl Pedersen, MD, PhD | April 1, 2015

MRI inflammation, fat and new bone formation in the sacroiliac joints, spine in patients with AS

Ethics Forum: Terminating Hospital Consulting Services

Colin C. Edgerton, MD | April 1, 2015

Ethical considerations for rheumatologists in terminating consultative services to a community hospital

Advice Rheumatologists Can Share with Patients Planning to Relocate, a Patient Perspective

Sarah Troxell, RN, BSN | April 1, 2015

Tips for stocking up on medications, providing comprehensive health history to new physicians and coping with stress

Podiatry for Rheumatologists: Treating Patients’ Foot Complaints

James P. Ioli, DPM | April 1, 2015

Tips for diagnosing, managing hallux rigidus, metatarsalgia, neuroma and rear foot problems in rheumatology patients

Value of Patient Care Services in Rheumatology Gets Boost

E. William St.Clair | April 1, 2015

By developing guidelines, quality measures, data on patient outcomes, the ACR helps rheumatologists translate the value of their work to the world

Electronic Health Records Systems Distract Physicians from Patient Care

Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert, MD | April 1, 2015

Junior rheumatologist says EHRs equal the ‘End of Humane Reasoning’ when it comes to patient care, practice management

New Therapeutics for Osteoarthritis May Be in Sight

Antonios Aliprantis, MD, PhD | April 1, 2015

Overview of OA pathogenesis, recent discoveries suggest new treatment strategies are possible

Case Report: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Degenerative Disk Disease

Patricia Frisch, PhD; Ronald R. Butendieck, MD; Andy Abril, MD; Peter M. McIntosh, MD; Salim M. Ghazi, MD; Elliot L. Dimberg, MD; Lynn F. Feldman, DO; David G. Lucas, MD; and Andrea Styron, MSR-PT | March 1, 2015

Combination therapy includes abatacept for patient with erosive, chronic RA, underlying osteoarthritis and degenerative disk disease

Does Gastric Bypass Result in Reduced Absorption of Methotrexate?

Iris Zink, NP | March 1, 2015

Data suggest changes in physiology of the gut post-bariatric surgery may result in medication malabsorption of immunosuppressive drugs