ACR Convergence 2025| Video: Rheum for Everyone, Episode 26—Ableism

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U.S. Teaching Hospitals Are Expensive, But Have Lower Death Rates

Lisa Rapaport  |  

(Reuters Health)—Academic medical centers, increasingly spurned by insurers for being more expensive than community hospitals, appear to have lower death rates for older adults than other facilities, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers reviewed millions of records for patients aged 65 and older and insured by Medicare, the U.S. health program for the elderly. They found…

Ballroom Dancing Helps Improve Pharmacist’s Teaching Skills

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Slow, slow, quick, quick. Don Miller, PharmD, has repeated that phrase to himself countless times over the past 40 years. Since the 1980s, Dr. Miller, a professor of pharmacy practice in the College of Health Professions at North Dakota State University (NDSU), has been a competitive ballroom dancer. Repeating that phrase is common to all…

ACR Image Competition 2025 Results, Part 1—Best Overall

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Every year, the ACR conducts a case-based image competition. Images are submitted for peer review. The winning images are displayed at ACR Convergence and winners receive other benefits, as well. This year, the overall winning images were submitted by Madhuri Challa, MD, of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Presentation These are the representative clinical and radiological images…

Expanding Lupus Awareness through Education

Collaborative Initiatives Department Staff  |  

With funding support from the CDC, in this ACR initiative, rheumatology fellows in training deliver lupus education sessions to medical personnel & rheumatologists connect with medical colleagues in underserved rural areas.

Extra Services Can Boost a Rheumatology Practice’s Profitability, Patient Care

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Rheumatology practices can combat declining reimbursements with ancillary services. Experts discuss adding infusion, ultrasound & research services to boost revenue & patient care.

Dr. Tait Shanafelt, with ACR President Dr. Carol Langford

A Focus on Wellness; Keynote Speaker Tait Shananfelt, MD, Shared Causes of Occupational Burnout & Pearls to Prevent It

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This year’s Opening Session of ACR Convergence 2025 featured a well-known thought leader on physician burnout, Dr. Tait Shanafelt, who provided insight into the risk of burnout and how to prevent it. Key leadership also addressed research advocacy and more.