Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on February 22, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44(4):553-556; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh554
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Rheumatology Vol. 44 No. 4 © British Society for Rheumatology 2005; all rights reserved
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BSR guidelines on standards of care for persons with rheumatoid arthritis
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital, Liverpool, UK, 1 RACE, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, Bath BA1 1RL, UK, 2 School for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK, 3 Department of Rheumatology, Coventry Walsgrave NHS Trust, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK, 4 Department of Rheumatology, North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, London, UK, 5 Department of Rheumatology, Harold Wood Hospital, Ramford, Essex, UK, 6 Department of Rheumatology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK, 7 Bloomsburg Rheumatology Unit, The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK, 8 St Helens Hospital, St Helens, Merseyside, UK, 9 Yeovil District Hospital, Yeovil, Somerset, UK and 10 Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, UK.
Correspondence to: T. Kennedy, Consultant in Acute Medicine and Rheumatology, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital, Liverpool, UK. E-mail: tomdken@hotmail.com
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Summary of Standards
Aims
- Early identification of persons with rheumatoid arthritis
- Empowering persons with rheumatoid arthritis
- Developing efficient, cost-effective and evidence-based clinical care for persons with rheumatoid arthritis.
Background
This document is intended to help and support the rheumatology team by providing a statement of the minimum standard of care requirements for persons with rheumatoid arthritis. It can also act as the formal record of standards of care as part of the clinical governance process of any rheumatology unit.
Objectives
The aim is to develop nationally accepted measures for the delivery of care for persons with rheumatoid arthritis. These should usually be recorded as part of the normal clinical care of the patient. Specific situations in which patients may require closer than average monitoring are also discussed. The aim is to obtain the best quality of care within the resources available. The need for multidisciplinary team care is also addressed.
The standards address the following areas:
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Review of Standards
Production of document
Standards of care for rheumatoid arthritis
Outcome measures
Clinical care of persons with rheumatoid arthritis
Special clinical circumstances
The rheumatology service
Development of patient-centred care
Applicability and utility
Appendix 1. The future
Appendix 2. Suggested audit topics
Appendix 3. Bibliography
Appendix 4. Details of committee members and declaration of interest
Declaration of interest statement
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