Virtual Patient Management during COVID-19: How can we best Manage Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis?

IMPACT Medicom

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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