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According to findings from a recent study, poor patient-provider communication and care coordination result in increased damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). If you would like to learn more about how to best communicate with your rheumatologist and physician, please visit JointHealth™ Education and take Lesson 1: The Art of communicating with your rheumatologist.
The research, titled “Relationship Between Process of Care and a Subsequent Increase in Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” was published in Arthritis Care & Research. The team wanted to understand how data from the Lupus Outcome Study could be used to evaluate healthcare interactions and subsequent accumulation of damage by the disease over two years.
The BC Health Research Connection Project invites you to a community dialogue on health research. Registration is free.
You’re invited to a community dialogue on health research to discuss the development of a new provincial program that will help connect people like you to research opportunities. Below are the details for the event:
Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 Time: 5:45pm-8:00pm Location:
Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre (Auditorium)
990 West 59th Avenue,
Vancouver Registration: Free, click here. Please register by June 23.
*Refreshments will be served.
Whether you are healthy, sick, young or old, you can help by volunteering to participate in research in a variety of ways.
Come and share your ideas and tell us:
Why is health research important to you?
How can we keep you informed of research opportunities?
For additional information, contact:
Stefanie Cheah, Project Manager at Stefanie.cheah@vch.ca or 604-875-4111 (Ext. 22781)
The event is hosted by the BC Health Research Connection Project, which is led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute in collaboration with health authorities, research institutes and universities across BC. Cheryl Koehn, Founder and President of Arthritis Consumer Experts, is a member of the research team.
Here’s your chance to take a Canada-wide survey on the patient’s views on quality indicator resources for hip and knee replacement rehabilitation.
Researchers at the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility in Vancouver have developed quality indicators (QIs) for hip and knee replacement rehabilitation. Quality indicators state the quality of rehabilitation care that all patients having a joint replacement for hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) should expect to receive. They are currently creating a ‘toolkit’ to help people like you and your families learn about these QIs and use them to: Continue reading →
Hosted by Arthritis Research Canada, the ARThritis Soirée is an evening designed to attract the city’s business and community leaders, philanthropists, doctors, scientists, healthcare professionals, and those who have an appreciation of art and a desire to support arthritis research.
Research has shown art adds to one’s well-being and therefore is a great element in managing chronic diseases on a holistic level. Moreover, art adds an extra factor of excitement and depth to the Soirée each year with the introduction of a different art form.
This year’s event will take place on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. The evening’s entertainment will feature world-renowned violinist Jenny Bae.
In honour of Lupus Awareness Month, the Arthritis Broadcast Network is doing a throwback coverage on lupus. The coverage highlights Arthritis Research Canada and Arthritis Consumer Experts’ coverage of the 9th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematous, Vancouver 2010 (“Lupus 2010”).The event was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in June, 2010. Hundreds of world leading researchers, healthcare professionals, and individuals living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) learned about the current state of the science in SLE and future opportunities in lupus research, education and care.
A study published by researchers at the University of British Columbia suggests that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are no longer facing a higher risk of death than the general population. The study analyzed mortality data and looked at death rates among RA patients versus deaths among a control group of the general population.
The study included an estimated 25,000 people. Patients were divided into two groups – the first one was those with RA cases diagnosed between the years 1996 and 2000 and the second group was those with RA cases diagnosed from 2001 to 2006. Researchers looked at and tracked doctor visit records and other patient information through the year 2010.
The BC Health Research Connection Project invites you to a community dialogue on health research. Registration is free.
Here’s your chance to take a Canada-wide survey on the patient’s views on quality indicator resources for hip and knee replacement rehabilitation.
Hosted by Arthritis Research Canada, the ARThritis Soirée is an evening designed to attract the city’s business and community leaders, philanthropists, doctors, scientists, healthcare professionals, and those who have an appreciation of art and a desire to support arthritis research.
In honour of Lupus Awareness Month, the Arthritis Broadcast Network is doing a throwback coverage on lupus. The coverage highlights Arthritis Research Canada and Arthritis Consumer Experts’ coverage of the 9th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematous, Vancouver 2010 (“Lupus 2010”). The event was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in June, 2010. Hundreds of world leading researchers, healthcare professionals, and individuals living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) learned about the current state of the science in SLE and future opportunities in lupus research, education and care.
A study published by researchers at the University of British Columbia suggests that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are no longer facing a higher risk of death than the general population. The study analyzed mortality data and looked at death rates among RA patients versus deaths among a control group of the general population.