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Over the past decade or so, the concept of patient- and family-centered care has been gathering momentum, particularly in the practice of pediatric medicine. Studies increasingly show that when health care administrators, providers, and patients and families work in partnership, the quality and safety of…

With the technology boom and the increasing demand for online courses, the ARHP currently offers two online learning activities to meet the needs of our many clinician members.

The ACR board of directors met Saturday in conjunction with the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting.

The ACR annual Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday afternoon, beginning at 2:30 pm, and will include reports from the ACR Treasurer and Secretary on Membership, as well as ARHP and the Rheumatology Research Foundation.

Health care providers can play a significant role in lessening the stigma that LGBTQ people have historically experienced in health and mental health settings, said Caroline Hill, LCSW.

In his Rheumatology Research Foundation Philip Hench, MD, Memorial Lecture Sunday, Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD, MPH, presented extensive research suggesting that psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are linked but distinct rheumatologic disorders that require early diagnosis and early intervention to improve clinical outcomes.

The role that gender differences play in pain has not been considered nearly enough. That’s the conclusion of Jon Levine, MD, PhD, who presented the ACR’s State-of-the-Art Lecture Gender Differences in Pain Mechanisms on Sunday afternoon.

The name changes are a testament to the growth of membership, creation of new opportunities for members, and the organization’s overall position within rheumatology and the larger healthcare community.

Rheumatologists are often called upon to manage patients with challenging conditions for which clinical evidence is not definitive and sometimes not even extant. Curbside Consults: Ask the Professors will offer the latest evidence and considerations for three troublesome diseases today from 2:30 – 4:00 pm.