Professional Topics

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Rheuminations: Road to Success in Medicine May Be Paved with Failure

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | February 1, 2014

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

Joseph Flood, MD | February 1, 2014

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

Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert, MD | February 1, 2014

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

Susan Bernstein | February 1, 2014

A robust workforce, flourishing clinical trials, broad patient registries, and consensus treatment protocols contribute to improvements for the subspecialty

Rheumatologists On The Move

Caitlin Cromley | January 1, 2014

Awards, appointments, and announcements in the world of rheumatology

2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Health Professionals In the Spotlight

Richard Quinn | January 1, 2014

ARHP members are honored with awards for research, education, advocacy, and patient care in rheumatology

ACR Aims to Keep Rheumatology on Congressional Radar in 2014

Staff | January 1, 2014

Ongoing advocacy by the ACR will target repealing SGR legislation, halting the implementation of ICD-10 coding and billing changes, and enlisting support for the Patients’ Access to Treatments Act

2014 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium To Focus on Closing Gap Between Clinical Experience, Practice

Staff | January 1, 2014

Annual conference to be held April 3–6 in Orlando, Fla.

President’s Perspective: The ACR’s RISE Registry Will Simplify Reporting, Comparing Clinical Data

Joseph Flood, MD | January 1, 2014

Set to launch during first quarter 2014, the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) database will help rheumatologists manage patient populations, improve care, advance rheumatology

Affordable Care Act By The Numbers

Bryn Nelson, PhD | January 1, 2014

Predicted impact of government spending under Obamacare tells story of winners, losers in the healthcare reform effort