Search results for: physical function

Diagnosis: Myopathy

Edward C. Smith, MD, and Dwight D. Koeberl, MD, PhD | July 1, 2009

Presentation and evaluation of metabolic causes

Vasculitis

Gary S. Hoffman, MD | June 1, 2009

A New perspective on when and how it begins

PQRI Now Includes RA Measures Group

Salahuddin Kazi, MD, Melesia Tillman, CPC, CCP, and Amy S. Miller | May 1, 2009

In 2008, the only Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) measure that applied to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy. For 2009, five new RA measures were included, for a total of six measures in the new RA Measures Group. The five new measures were developed in 2008 by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in collaboration with the ACR and the American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement and were subsequently adopted by Medicare.

The Heart-SCC Puzzle

Olga Kaloudi, MD, and Marco Matucci Cerinic, MD, PhD | May 1, 2009

Identifying and treating cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis can be a challenge

Sense of Smell

Yehuda Shoenfeld, MD | April 1, 2009

Olfactory defects point to nervous system involvement in lupus

Lupus in the Child’s Mind

Hermine Brunner, MD, MSc, and Marisa Klein-Gitelman, MD, MPH | March 1, 2009

Unique neuropsychiatric problems require a unique approach

Fibromyalgia

Staff | February 1, 2009

Patient Fact Sheet

Get Info, Get Moving

Staff | February 1, 2009

Practical, evidence-based tips to prevent falls in patients with arthritis

Designed for Translation

Gretchen Henkel | February 1, 2009

Tips to move research into practice through researcher–implementer dialogue

Measuring Quality of Care Is Here to Stay—and the ACR Can Help

Staff | January 1, 2009

Imagine a patient comes into your office with active RA or lupus. You diagnose her and prescribe medications for her active disease—rash, arthritis, and so forth—but you do nothing to address possible long-term complications. You don’t prescribe calcium or vitamin D to prevent osteoporosis, you don’t get a bone density scan, and you don’t order labs to check risk factors for heart disease.