Watch on demand: ACR 2020 highlights through an Australian lens

Watch our panel of experts discuss key highlights from ACR Convergence 2020 and what they mean for clinical practice here in Australia. Hosted by: Professor Peter Nash. Professor,...

Watch our panel of experts discuss key highlights from ACR Convergence 2020 and what they mean for clinical practice here...

Public Health

Are chronic disease hospitalisations preventable? A new study suggests not

Almost half of hospitalisations for chronic conditions that are classified as “potentially preventable” could not have been prevented by different care or patient behaviour in the previous three months, according to an Australia-first study. The authors say their findings raise questions...

Almost half of hospitalisations for chronic conditions that are classified as “potentially preventable” could not have been prevented by different...

Medicines

Concerns over program targeting rheumatologists’ bDMARD prescribing

Editors note: This story on the NPS MedicineWise Value in Prescribing bDMARDs Program published earlier today has been removed temporarily for editing to include a response from the Australian Rheumatology Association. It will be restored as...

Editors note: This story on the NPS MedicineWise Value in Prescribing bDMARDs Program published earlier today...

Rheumatoid arthritis

Which screening test is best for liver fibrosis in patients treated with MTX?

Transient elastography (TE) is a better screening tool for liver fibrosis when compared to Hepascore, FIB-4 or APRI in people with rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate, an Australian study shows. Published in the Internal Medicine Journal, the WA study recruited...

Transient elastography (TE) is a better screening tool for liver fibrosis when compared to Hepascore, FIB-4 or APRI in people...