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Pharmacists Not Required to Substitute Generics for Brand-Name Drugs in Most U.S. States

Lisa Rapaport  |  

(Reuters Health)—Only 19 U.S. states mandate that pharmacists fill prescriptions for brand-name small molecule drugs with generics when available, with the 31 remaining states allowing but not requiring these substitutions, a new study finds. Researchers examined laws on the books as of September 2019 pertaining to generic substitution of small molecule drugs, as well as…

How to Create a Safe Practice & Prep for a COVID-19 Resurgence

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For many months, the healthcare world has been significantly affected by the swift and per­vasive effects of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. The virus has severely affected the delivery of patient care by all providers, including those in hospitals and emergency care settings, who grappled with the response to massive influxes of COVID-19 patients, and those…

9 Steps to Transform Your Rheumatology Practice

Erin Arnold, MD; William Arnold, MD; Gary Crump, MD; David Sikes, MD; Drew Johnson, MS, MBA; & Timothy Harrington, MD  |  

The ACR position statement on access to care proposes the goal that “… all patients have timely access to expert rheuma­tology care … .”1 The reality is that new and established rheumatology patient wait times are often prolonged, causing delays in necessary diagnosis and treatment. The 2005 and 2015 ACR Workforce studies document intractable and…

NIH Taps Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc, as Director of NIAMS

National Institutes of Health  |  

National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, has selected Lindsey A. Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc, as director of NIH’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). A rheumatologist, Dr. Criswell is currently the vice chancellor of research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is a professor…

Continuing Medical Education Credit, Maintenance of Certification Points Now Available Through ACR’s RISE Registry

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Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness registry users can complete an online performance improvement activity to earn up to 20 continuing medical education credits and 20 maintenance of certification points.

ACR Convergence 2020: Reimagining the ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

Ellen M. Gravallese, MD  |  

Looking back on last year’s ACR/ARP annual meeting, I recall the energy and excitement of attendees as they participated in sessions covering the latest scientific concepts and new directions in our field. In 2019, we piloted a number of innovative ways to modernize and enhance future ACR meetings, with the promise of delivering a transformed…

Lessons from Master Clinicians: An Interview with Dr. Ronald Anderson

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Rheumatologists who are outstanding clinicians, provide consistently exceptional care to patients and serve as role models for colleagues and trainees are in the spotlight in our Lessons from a Master Clinician series. Here, we offer insights from clinicians who have achieved a level of distinction in the field of rheumatology and who are respected by…

Incorporating Rheumatology Nurses into Training

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At the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, registered nurses (RNs) are an integral aspect of the rheumatology fellowship program. This gives the fellows information and insight into areas of practice they might not otherwise receive. “This [practice] is a result of our very strong belief that an integrated and interdisciplinary approach,…

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25 Guiding Principles for Rheumatology Trainees

Laura Upton & Adam Kilian, MD  |  

As rheumatologists, we relish the thrill of diagnostic conundrums that accompany our immune-mediated multi-system and often undifferentiated disease processes. Many rheumatologic diagnoses are essentially diagnoses of exclusion. We’re accustomed to diagnosing iatrogenesis, infection and malignancy as often as we diagnose rheumatic disease. Complex clinical problem solving and critical reasoning are our forte, and to do…

A Call to Action to Use the Pandemic to Transform Rheumatic Disease Care

S. Louis Bridges Jr., MD, PhD  |  

No event in recent history has caused such far-reaching changes within the medical industry as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to its ability to spread indiscriminately—infecting people regardless of age, race or socioeconomic background—the virus is inducing immediate and, likely, permanent changes across the entire spectrum of healthcare. Comfortable routines of healthcare delivery have been…