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A Few Acronyms and Indices in OMERACT
HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire DAS28: Disease Activity Score DAS: Psoriatic Arthritis: ACR Core Data Set and Disease Activity Score PsARC: Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria PSAI: Psoriasis Area and Severity Index SLEDAI: SLE Disease Activity Score BILAG: British Isles Lupus Activity Score SLAM: Systemic Lupus Activity Measure LAI: Lupus Activity Index ECLAM: European Consensus Lupus Activity…
ACR Releases Guidelines for Gout Management
The American College of Rheumatology’s two-part guidelines stress the need for treating to target, more aggressive management, and therapy
Rheumatology Practice Managers Are Essential for Future Success
Open the door to continued practice success with the help of medical practice managers
How Microbes, Mycobacteria, and Metastases May Alter the Way We Look at Rheumatic Diseases
Studying the relationships between microbes and their hosts, the role for Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) as a vaccine for Type I diabetes, and emotional stress and bone metastases
Nomenclature, Semantics, Jargon, Lingo, Eponyms, Etymology, and Terminology in Rheumatology
Why rheumatologists must coin simple, comprehensible terms for what we read, speak and write to our patients
The ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Edition
An in-depth look at Washington, D.C.—the host city for the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting—and specialized sessions to help rheumatologists navigate the healthcare environment and foster a thriving practice
The ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Focus on Technology
Members of the American College of Rheumatology and Associate Rheumatology Health Professionals members can learn how to incorporate the latest technological advances, including electronic health records, into their clinical practice
The ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Focus on Practice
Members of the American College of Rheumatology and Associate Rheumatology Health Professionals members can learn about strategies for managing and improving their clinical practice
The ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Focus on You
Members of the American College of Rheumatology and Associate Rheumatology Health Professionals can learn about the College’s activities and initiatives at the ACR Town Hall Meeting
ACR Resource Center Offers On-Site Expertise for Rheumatologists at ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ACR center staff will be on hand to answer all types of rheumatology-related questions
Five Coding and Billing Myths that Can Hurt Your Rheumatology Practice
How to bill and code properly to help save your rheumatology practice time and money
Coding Corner Question: October
Test your coding knowledge
Coding Corner Answer: October Coding Challenge
The rule for coding the drug administration’s CPT codes; coding an incident to patient correctly; billing for both a joint injection and aspiration; coding for five-trigger point injections in three different muscles; and the laboratory code for crystal identification by light microscopy lab
Studies Show Promise for Scleroderma Therapy and Prediction of Progressing Disease
Research shows that a serum from goats might be helpful in combating diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (SSc)
EULAR: Identify Arthritis Early, Treat it Effectively
Recent studies are uncovering genetic and environmental factors at play in the earliest stages of rheumatoid arthritis and medications that are effective in treating juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Gender Reversal in the Field of Rheumatology
Behind rheumatology’s ongoing transformation from a specialty whose members are overwhelmingly male, to one that is overwhelmingly female
Morris Reichlin Contributes Five Decades of Immunologic Advances in Rheumatology
Career marked by the quest to define the antigenic targets of autoimmunity in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), inflammatory myopathies, polymyositis, and dermatomyositis
Tech Talk: Making Electronic Health Records Easier
Digital pens linked to electronic medical records can be a simple way for doctors to make the transition
What Rheumatologists Should Know About Noncompetition Clauses
How rheumatologists can manage, and avoid, a restrictive noncompetition clause in an employment contract
Suggestions for Increasing Gender Diversity in Rheumatology
How to eliminate gender disparity in the rheumatology workforce
How the Mayo Clinic Maximizes Learning Opportunities Through Social Media
The Mayo Clinic’s Center for Social Media has become a social media resource for healthcare providers nationwide
Fellow’s Forum Case Report: True Vasculitis or Vasculitis Mimic?
Rheumatologists face the emerging picture of cocaine and levamisole-associated vasculopathy in clinical practice
Treat to Target: Rheumatoid Arthritis in Pregnant Patients
A treat-to-target approach to managing rheumatoid arthritis can work even in pregnant women