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An increasing number of insurance carriers are cutting out infusion centers and small practices for the delivery of infusion medications, and the impact on patient care could be profound. “We handle a lot of calls from patients and for patients,” Ashley Neal, senior manager of prior authorizations at Articularis Healthcare, a South Carolina-based rheumatology practice, told Healio.
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Mashup Score: 0‘Subclinical’ left ventricular abnormalities portend lower survival, breathlessness in SSc - 1 day(s) ago
Patients with systemic sclerosis who demonstrate left ventricular abnormalities, either overt or “subclinical,” have poorer survival and increased shortness of breath, according to data published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. The subclinical abnormalities were assessed via an advanced measure of subtle left ventricular systolic dysfunction — LV global longitudinal
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Incidence of Henoch-Schönlein purpura waned and waxed significantly with the implementation and relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19, according to data published in JAMA Network Open. The study additionally suggests that approximately 60% of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) incidence is associated with pneumococcus and group A streptococcus. HSP is the most
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Mashup Score: 2Giant cell arteritis diagnoses made via temporal artery ultrasound maintained at 2 years - 2 day(s) ago
All diagnoses of giant cell arteritis made through temporal artery ultrasound were unchanged at 1 month — and at 2 years, for those with available data — in a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.“Unilateral temporal artery biopsy has been recommended as the first-line examination [for potential GCA],” Guillaume Denis, MD, of the department of internal medicine
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May is Lupus Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness and educate the public on the physical, emotional and financial impact of lupus. Systemic lupus erythematosus, the most common form of this chronic autoimmune disease, affects an estimated 200,000 Americans.
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Mashup Score: 1CAR T-cell therapy brings sustained, drug-free remission in three autoimmune diseases - 5 day(s) ago
Single injections of CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy brought long-lasting remission to 15 patients with three different autoimmune diseases, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.“Although antibody-based B-cell targeting certainly improved treatment of autoimmune disease, achieving long-lasting drug-free remission has proven elusive,” Fabian
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Mashup Score: 21Georg Schett - 5 day(s) ago
Find out why Georg Schett is on the TIME100 Health list.
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Mashup Score: 1Lupus | Manifestations of Lupus |Clinical Guidance - 5 day(s) ago
Access free, up-to-date clinical references on the Manifestations, Complications, and Comorbidities of Lupus at Healio. Make confident point-of-care decisions.
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Mashup Score: 4‘We are all busy’: Journal clubs offer data, connection for rheumatology experts, trainees - 6 day(s) ago
Journal clubs in rheumatology are as pervasive as they are useful. Trainees use them to learn how to read and interpret clinical trials. Longstanding researchers and rheumatologists find them necessary to stay abreast of the never-ending fountain of data that emerges from peer-reviewed literature every day.
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Most rheumatology groups at VA medical centers reported having at least one provider using point-of-care ultrasound, while 69% of VA rheumatology chiefs of staff expressed interest in more training for their team, according to data. “Nearly all medical specialties are now using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS),” Nilam J. Soni, MD, MS, FHM, FACP, director of the VA Point-of-Care
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Changes in insurance coverage make a “huge difference” for patients on infusion medications. 💉 @RNSociety #rheumatology Read more @HealioRheum ➡️ https://t.co/11lG5zrijl