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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet +11 more
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Lean in a financial service context
, 2010 Constantly changing market conditions puts greater demands on companies to focus more on customers and what actually adds value to them. Lean production has during the last decades had a great impact within the manufacturing industry, creating a whole new competitive advantage if mastered.
Lindqvist Rehn, Sebastian +1 more
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Frailty Predicts Incident Osteoporotic Fractures in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of frailty and osteoporosis, but the relationship between frailty and incident osteoporotic fractures in RA is underexplored. Methods Data were from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry. Frailty was measured using the VA Frailty Index (VAFI).
Katherine D. Wysham +14 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) serve as indicators of access, quality, and performance of the health system. This study aimed to determine rheumatoid arthritis (RA)‐specific ACSCs for use in the evaluation of care system access and quality.
Kara Irwin +7 more
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Investigating the process of patient flow and identifying opportunities for its improvement based on lean management using the Six Sigma approach in the emergency department [PDF]
حیاتBackground & Aim: Given the importance of the emergency department in providing prompt and high-quality services, the emphasis on lean management has increased to minimize non-value-added and wasteful activities within a process. The aim of the study was
Mahmoud Nekoei Moghadam +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective For cartilage morphology to serve as a scalable endpoint in clinical trials, analyses should be performed automatically without human interaction. To clinically validate artificial intelligence (AI)‐based analysis, we studied cartilage loss from MRI prior to knee replacement.
Felix Eckstein +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Biomedical research involving US veterans continues to advance health care beyond the Veterans Health Administration. This is particularly true in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where veteran‐centric research has uncovered novel insights into pathogenesis, risk factors, and disease manifestations, informing clinical care and research across both veteran ...
Austin M. Wheeler +20 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study investigated the association between frailty and cancer incidence and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It aimed to identify how frailty influences cancer risk and cancer‐specific outcomes. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the Veterans’ Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry (2002–2023).
Bhavik Bansal +12 more
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A Lean-based Digital Twin model for planning and governance in secondary and tertiary hospital networks. [PDF]
BMC Health Serv ResSalabert Carreras J +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Our objective was to describe the social networks of Black individuals with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions and understand the clustering of health‐related behaviors to inform future community‐based, peer‐led interventions. Methods We used an adapted Personal Network Survey for Clinical Research (PERSNET) to map the personal social ...
Taussia Boadi +27 more
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