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The American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Rheumatology Research Foundation (RRF) has awarded the Bendcare LLC Columbus Division a research grant to support their project Telehealth-delivered Healthcare to Improve Care (THRIVE) in Community-Practice Rheumatology. Drs. Swamy Venuturupalli, Jeffrey Curtis, Ben Nowell, and other collaborators at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Global Healthy Living Foundation are scientifically leading the project. Bendcare’s Columbus platform is being utilized due to its reputation as one of the largest, most comprehensive data sources in rheumatology, with data on more than 3,200,000 unique patients.
The ultimate goal of this project is to increase patient access to care, expand the impact of technology-enabled tools for rheumatologists, especially those marginalized or most at risk by the COVID-19 pandemic, and enable an
Rheumatic patients often avoided office visits in early months of COVID-19 pandemic Disclosures: George reports research support from Bristol Myers Squibb for unrelated work. The Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease COVID-19 Project has received sponsorship support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Institute, Eli Lilly and Janssen. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subscribe ADDED TO EMAIL ALERTS
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Are Migraines Disrupting Your Career?
You shouldn t have to choose between your health and your job, and yet migraine patients are often forced to do just that.
December 28, 2020 to bring you this special report.
Ten years ago, Erin Boyle learned the hard way how serious her migraine attacks could be. The 41-year-old medical writer and editor (then in her early 30s) had a severe days-long migraine, tried to push through it, and ended up passing out in the middle of her former office. After a trip to the hospital by ambulance, Boyle realized she needed to change her approach to managing her condition. “I hadn t been taking any medication for my migraine at the time, thinking I could ‘fight’ through them,” she says. “But I clearly couldn t–and I wasn t supporting my own health or my team s needs, either.”