Rheumatologists practicing in rural and urban areas face different challenges. Robert Jackson, DO, discusses how technology, healthcare reform and hospital closures affect rheumatology practice in rural areas and its future…
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Rheumatologists practicing in rural and urban areas face different challenges. Robert Jackson, DO, discusses how technology, healthcare reform and hospital closures affect rheumatology practice in rural areas and its future…
How are Annie and Abby? That’s a question some patients ask J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD, a rheumatologist and assistant professor in the school of medicine at the University of Michigan, who also runs a lupus research lab at the University of Michigan Health System. Patients aren’t asking about her children, but family members of…
Humeira Badsha, MD |
Praise for Dr. Steven S. Overman’s expedition medicine trip to Nepal
Steven S. Overman, MD, MPH |
Steven S. Overman, MD, MPH, shares medical knowledge, supplies, and clinical practice expertise with locals in rewarding visit to Nepal’s Upper Mustang region
Outside of urban areas, rheumatologists enjoy better quality of life, but fewer professional interactions
The ACR will provide comments on several provisions related to Medicare physician payment and the Quality Payment Program.
David Engelbrecht, MD |
As Kimberly Steinbarger discussed in her article “Make Way for the Interprofessional Rheumatology Team” (The Rheumatologist, October 2023), an interprofessional team approach would be crucial to the most appropriate management of rheumatology patients with multiple comorbidities. Unfortunately, in many rural areas throughout the country, subspecialists are in short supply or are lacking altogether. Patients are…
Sarah D. Bayefsky, MD |
Wondering how best to care for an adult patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis or a pediatric patient with early-onset osteoarthritis? Unsure how to manage a 23-year-old with chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis or an 8-year-old with tophaceous gout due to Lesch-Nyhan syndrome? Ask a Med-Peds rheumatologist. What Is a Med-Peds Rheumatologist? Med-Peds rheumatologists in the U.S….
Reducing the time to diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment is paramount to intercept inflammatory damage in patients at the onset of rheumatic disease. But those targets can be delayed by provider shortages and other barriers to care. Since last June, Remission Medical, a virtual rheumatology clinic, has been partnering with Mayo Clinic to find…