What started out as a way to bring specialty medicine to rural areas around 40 years ago has evolved from sharing imaging and laboratory results to seeing and interacting with patients remotely. Telemedicine is beginning to evolve from its traditional urban–rural linkage, and rheumatologists are following along. “Telemedicine covers a variety of services, but it…
HealthPatch, Body Guardian, other wearable cardiac monitors could be considered for wider use among patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Maintain compliance with updated federal rules governing privacy protection for patient health information
Junior rheumatologist says EHRs equal the ‘End of Humane Reasoning’ when it comes to patient care, practice management
Rheum-PACER system integrates, synthesizes multiple sources of patient information
NIAMS director Stephen I. Katz, MD, PhD, highlights agency research, training planned for this year and beyond
Apple’s mobile healthcare technology may benefit patients with rheumatic disease whose conditions require regular monitoring
RISE data entry process syncs with patients’ electronic health records to create quality improvement reports, chart progress
Separate clinical quality reporting measures must be submitted for each program
Incoming president E. William St.Clair, MD, sets goals, reviews groundwork for the coming year