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Virtual Patient Management during COVID-19: How can we best Manage Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis?
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On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the virtual management of patients with inflammatory arthritis.
We are joined by:
- Dr. Janet Pope: Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Western Ontario.
Our episode includes a discussion of:
- The use of a virtual platform for managing patients with inflammatory arthritis.
- Which patients should be seen in person rather than virtually.
- Barriers to virtual assessment, including measuring swollen and tender joints, co-morbidities, and overall health.
- Patient barriers to virtual care such as familiarity with technology, language barriers, memory issues, etc...
- Whether there are disease-related risk factors for patients with inflammatory arthritis.
- Treatment modifications such as whether we should "treat-to-target" and if modifications are needed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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