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About

Preliminary Program

Invited Faculty

Sponsors

General Information

About

Since the 2nd Digital Rheumatology Day a lot has happend in the digital world! We are delighted to announce the 3nd Digital Rheumatology Day, which will take place as a hybrid event at the University Hospital in Lausanne on May 6, 2021. The meeting will bring together our community of forward-thinkers to share knowledge and experience in upcoming digital solutions like Biomarker, artificial intelligence, applications, machine learning etc.

Topics this year will be:

• New digital solutions and user peferences 
• Apps and wearables 
• AI in rheumatology with workshops for beginners 
• Digital biomarkers 
• Analysing the online health community
• Exchange of patient information – regulatory and ethical aspects
• Image recognition in rheumatology – current status and future perspectives 

Our target is to attract people from all over the world and from a wide variety of disciplines to foster together this field.

We are looking forward to welcome you either virtually or in Lausanne on May 6, 2021. 

The Board Members of the Digital Rheumatology Network

Prof. Jutta Richter
Düsseldorf, Germany

Prof. Jutta Richter
Düsseldorf, Germany

Program

8:50 Introduction

Thomas Hügle, Didier Hans and Johannes Knitza

Session I: Artificial Intelligence

Chairs: Thomas Hügle and Didier Hans

09:00 – 09:25 

Rheumatology – AI Workshop: Automated image recognition for beginners   

Matteo Caorsi & Leo Caratsch, Lausanne 

09:25 – 09:50

Flare Prediction in RA Based on Machine Learning

David Simon, Erlangen 

09:50 – 10:15

Virtual Round Table: Relevance and practical implementation of AI solutions in rheumatology

Coffee Break 

Session II: Telemedicine & Wearables

Chairs: Jacob M. van Laar and Jutta Richter

10:25 – 10:50 

Remote care in Rheumatology: upcoming EULAR guidelines 

Philipp Bosch, Graz 

10:50 – 11:15

Telerheumatology and Mobile Health Usage: Opportunities and Barriers

Felix Mühlensiepen, Brandenburg

11:15 – 11:40

Asynchronous mHealth Interventions in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Systematic Scoping Review  

Bart Seppen, Amsterdam

11:40 – 11:55

Virtual Round Table : Telemedicine & wearables 

Lunch Break

Session III: Rheumatology Apps 

Chairs: Johannes Knitza and Martin Krusche

12:40 – 13:05

How to DiGA in Germany

Julia Hagen, Berlin

13:05 – 13:30

A smarphone-based health care chatbot to promote self-management of chronic pain (SELMA): pilot randomized controlled trial

Sandra Hauser-Ulrich, Winterthur

13:30 – 13:55 

Mobile App-based documentation of patient-reported outcomes – three months results from a proof-of concept study on modern rheumatology patient manage

Jutta Richter, Düsseldorf

13:55 – 14:20

Outcomes of a Mobile App to Monitor Patient Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Yvonne Lee, Boston

14:20 – 14:45 

Sidekick Health: A lifestyle change application for rheumatoid and psoriasis arthritis

Saemundur Oddsson, Göteborg

Coffee Break

Session IV: Social Media

Chairs: Isabelle Hase and Latika Gupta

14:55 – 15:20 

Social Media use of and for people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease – perceptions of benefits and pitfalls

Paul Studenic, Stockholm

15:20 – 15:45

Social media and infographics for scholarly communication

Latika Gupta, Lakhnau

15:45 – 16:10 

Therapeutic online short-videos on Youtube for rheumatic patients

Martin Krusche, Berlin

Session V: Abstract Session

chair: Didier Hans and Thomas Hügle

16:10 – 16:25

Decision support system for diagnosing Rheumatic-Musculoskeletal disease using fuzzy cognitive MAP technique

Ade Akinnuwesi and Blessing Adegbite, Swasiland

16:25 – 16:40

Monitoring patients with rheumatic conditions remotely using data from smartphones

Francisco Nunes, Porto

16:40 – 16:55

The SCQM Coronavirus study – using remote care and digital instruments to facilitate and accelerate data collection and patient communication

Almut Scherer, Zurich

Coffee Break

Session VI: Pitching event for new digital solutions  

17:05 – 17:50

Presentations of the 3min elevator pitch videos submitted by providers and developers of digital care solutions that (could) improve quality of care in rheumatology.

Virtual discussion

Johannes Knitza, Felix Mühlensiepen, Matthias Diener, Thomas Hügle

18:00 Farewell

Invited Faculty 

Bart Seppen

Reade

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Felix Mühlensiepen

Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg

Germany

Saemundur Oddsson

SideKickHealth

Göteborg, Sweden

Dr. Boluwaji Ade Akinnuwesi

University of Swaziland

Swaziland

Blessing Adegbite

Federal Institute Of Industrial Research Oshodi, Lagos

Nigeria

Leo Caratsch

Universtiy Hospital Lausanne

Switzerland

Sponsors & Partners (March 2021)

General Information 

Covid-19 measures 

We will take the best possible care of your safety on site by ensuring the highest level of hygiene. For this we need the support of every single participant. Therefore it is necessary that this document COVID-19 measures is read and signed by all participants.

Who should attend?

The Digital Rheumatology Day connects leading experts from a wide variety of disciplines like physicians (Rheumatologists, Radiologists, Rehabilitation, Internal Medicine, Immunologists), patients, pharma and MedTech industry, Health IT companies, associations, consultants and academia as well as research centers to discover new innovative practices.

Certifications

3 CME credits Swiss Society of Allergologie and Immunology (SSAI) – requested

8 CME credits from Swiss Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (SGPMR)

8 CME credits from Swiss Society of Rheumatology (SRG) 

Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine – requested

Language

The meeting will be held in English.

Organisation

Comeed – Medical Conferences, Meetings & Education        Sina Reis-Balikcioglu

sina.reis@comeed.ch    www.comeed.ch

Registration 

We have already reached the maximum number of participants on site! Online participation is possible only!