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• Video: Good Rheumatoid Arthritis Doctors Treat Patients

  Friday, September 3rd, 2010

  Rheumatoid Arthritis doctors who treat patients are good docs. Good doctors examine patients carefully and listen to their reports of symptoms. Good Rheumatoid Arthritis doctors don’t rely on lab tests to tell them who has RA and who is in remission. Good doctors treat patients, not charts. I’ve met a few rheumalogy specialists who have told [...]

• Yale Medical School Graduation Address: a Patient Centered Approach

  Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

  Dr. Donald Berwick made a unique graduation address at Yale in May 2010. His own daughter was graduating. I wanted to comment on Dr Berwick’s speech and post it for you for a while, but every time I read it I cry. Advocating patient centered care: What does that mean? I don’t often write about [...]

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Statistics

  Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

  Some interesting numbers came across my screen in the last couple of days. I started wondering what they would look like along side of one another. Some Rheumatoid Arthritis statistics are better than others Recent Rheumatoid Arthritis statistics now estimate that a larger number of people have RA than expected: about 1.5 million in the [...]

• Patient Centered Medical Home: Will Redesign in Healthcare Hurt Rheumatology Patients?

  Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

  The posts on this blog are written with patients in mind. This one is an exception.  I’d like to address this post to those who work in medicine or healthcare design. The call to make health care more patient centered Back in January, I brought my readers a treat, a video of a talk by [...]

• A Rheumatoid Arthritis Newsletter from RA Warrior

  Friday, July 30th, 2010

  My Rheumatoid Arthritis newsletter is out! I hope you got your copy of my newsletter that went out last night. If you didn’t, you can sign up on the Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior Newsletter page and you’ll be sent one. I always thought armadillos were cute. People from Texas would tell us stories about the silly [...]

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Support: My Nicest Examples

  Monday, July 19th, 2010

  Rheumatoid Arthritis support: 3 sources This blog is about the nicest thing that someone has done for me since I became ill with Rheumatoid Arthritis. It’s not tough to decide, but it’s tough to talk about. First, there are some honorable mentions. 1) There’s that first good doctor who confirmed my diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. [...]

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Doctors

  Thursday, July 8th, 2010

  What’s wrong with Rheumatoid Arthritis doctors? Yes, I do know there are a lot of great doctors. There’s “my good GP” as I always say. We have a fantastic nurse practitioner pediatrician. And a few others we know.  You better believe I was thrilled to find my good Rheumatoid Arthritis doctor finally. Are Rheumatoid Arthritis [...]

• Rheumatoid Arthritis T-Shirt Contest Winner!

  Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

  Happy ending to the Rheumatoid Arthritis T-shirt contest! Two weeks ago, we began a contest to win a Rheumatoid Arthritis T-shirt from RA Warrior’s store. The contest ended yesterday, July 5that midnight.  The drawing entries were all placed into a son’s Redskin’s hat and then Roo chose the winner! Drumroll please…. And the winner is…  Jamie [...]