Arthritis Broadcast Network (ABN) is your daily source for arthritis news, information, and stories.

ABN provides resource materials, information and tools to help you get informed, get educated, and spread the word about arthritis. We encourage you to share these messages and materials about arthritis treatment and prevention with fellow consumers, patients and healthcare professionals.

Our point-of-practice arthritis tool has been revised with the most up-to-date classification criteria for arthritis detection and diagnosis, developed by leading clinical researchers Drs. Gillian Hawker, Jolanda Cibere and John Esdaile, in consultation with the Canadian Rheumatology Association and The Arthritis Society. It is a practical tool incorporating evidence-based information to support arthritis diagnosis and management that can be used in your daily practice.

Download a version of our full colour and printer-friendly evidence-based, arthritis point-of-practice tool:

• Point-of-practice arthritis tool 11×17 English
• Point-of-practice arthritis tool 11×17 French
• Point-of-practice arthritis tool 8.5×11 English
• Point-of-practice arthritis tool 8.5×11 French

If you would like to order a tool for your practice, please contact us at feedback@jointhealth.org with your full name and mailing address.

Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE) created and operates the Arthritis Broadcast Network. ACE is a national, patient-led organization in Canada that provides free, science-based information and education programs to people with arthritis.

Whether it’s supporting patients to better work with their healthcare providers, public or private drug plans, helping people reach out to their local elected official, or powering them to maintain their work careers, ACE supports people living with all forms of arthritis by helping them take control of their disease and improve their quality of life.

Founded and led by people with arthritis, ACE’s JointHealth™ family of programs, social media channels and the Arthritis Broadcast Network reach more than 400,000 Canadians each month. ACE’s current core programming includes:

• Jointhealth.org, ArthritisBroadcastNetwork.org, and GlobalRANetwork websites
• Arthritis Medications Report Card and Medications Guide
• JointHealth™ insight
• JointHealth™ express
• Biosimilars•Exchange
• Arthritis At Home
• JointHealth™ podcasts
• ACE National Surveys
• JointHealth™ Education
• ArthritisID and ArthritisID PRO Screening Exam

Arthritis Links

Resources for people affected by arthritis

• Arthritis Research Canada
• Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada
• The Arthritis Society
• Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
• Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability (CIRPD) – Chronic Pain Webinars
• Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA)
• Ontario Rheumatology Association
• Association des médecins rhumatologues du Québec
• Health Canada
• Public Health Agency of Canada – Arthritis
• Bone Joint Decade
• Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group

Disease-specific resources

• Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation
• Canadian Spondylitis Association
• Cassie and Friends
• Lupus Canada
• Lupus Ontario
• The BC Lupus Society
• Sjögren’s Society of Canada
• MyJointReplacement.ca

Arthritis research 

• Arthritis Research Canada– If you would like to support research, click here
• The Arthritis Society– If you would like to support research, click here
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
• Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium
• The Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Science
• Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

• Arthritis in Canada
• Arthritis Community Research & Evaluation Unit
• Cochrane Collaboration
• Public Health Agency of Canada – Arthritis
• Centre for Hip Health and Mobility