Adaptation of American College of Rheumatology Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity and Functional Status Measures for Telehealth Visits
England BR, Barber CEH, Bergman M, Ranganath VK, Suter LG, Michaud K. Adaptation of American College of Rheumatology Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity and Functional Status Measures for Telehealth Visits. Arthritis Care & Research 2021, 73: 1809-1814. PMID: 32813284, PMCID: PMC7461171, DOI: 10.1002/acr.24429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional status measuresRA disease activityRheumatoid arthritis disease activityArthritis disease activityDisease activityStatus measuresTelehealth settingsJoint countTelehealth visitsAmerican CollegeFormal joint countsPatient-reported itemsTender joint countAcute phase reactantsHigh-quality clinical careClinical careExpert panelScoring modificationsStaff administrationVisitsLaboratory testingAssessment measuresACRSettingCountSocioeconomic Disparities in Functional Status in a National Sample of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
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