CHICAGO — While some radiology groups are embracing meaningful use, others are taking a wait-and-see approach or opting for the exemption.

The powers that be often already know the ticking time bombs around us, but have decided they'd rather gamble and clean up the mess later.

Treatment with epratuzumab produced clinically meaningful and sustained improvements in systemic lupus erythematosus.

CHICAGO — Here’s why achieving meaningful use of electronic health records worked for some hospital departments, but not for others.

(AUDIO) A new paradigm in pain research provides simple ways to identify patients with disorders like arthritis or lupus who won't respond to standard treatments. Pain expert Daniel Clauw MD gives the details in this podcast.

Drawn from an invited session at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting, these publications have been judged the best clinical reports in rheumatology from the past year.

Among the revelations about gout treatment at this year’s meeting: Confusion among physicians about the definition of “control,” misunderstandings among gout patients about their own disease, and new drug options.

Reports about lupus from the American College of Rheumatology meeting include news about biomarkers for non-atherosclerotic comorbidities, good results from epratuzumab and hydroxycloroquine, and good news about lymphoma risk.