Abstract Background:Â Clinical data collection requires correct and complete data sets in order to perform correct statistical analysis and draw valid conclusions. While in randomized clinical trials much effort concentrates on data monitoring, this is rarely the case...
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Asynchronous mHealth interventions in rheumatoid Arthritis: systematic scoping review
Asynchronous mHealth Interventions in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Systematic Scoping Review Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands Abstract Background:Â Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have surged in popularity in...
AI Workshop
The 3rd Digital Rheumatology Day started with an AI Workshop. Matteo Caorsi and Leo Caratsch showed during this session how to do AI without coding and gives you a brief insight into the growing importance of machine learing in rheumatology.Leo Caratsch, PhD École de...
Digital Approaches for a Reliable Early Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that develops in up to 30% of patients with psoriasis. In the vast majority of cases, cutaneous symptoms precede musculoskeletal complaints. Progression from psoriasis to PsA is characterized by subclinical...
Current Status of the DIGA Registry in Germany Regarding Musculoskeletal Disorders
There is growing evidence that digital therapeutics can effectively improve the course of diseases. Mostly chronic disorders are addressed by behaviour change or exercise programs. In Germany, so-called DIGAs (Digitale Gesundheits Anwendung = Digital Health...
Artificial Decision-Making
Artificial Intelligence (AI), and decisions made or prepared by AI, are among the greatest challenges of our time. Artificial decision-making is already fundamentally shaping our lives as well as changing our understanding of the world, our perception of each other,...
Capillary.io – an automated capillary detection and image analysis software
Listen to our podcast with Thomas HĂĽgle interviewing Borja Garcia an internal medicine and Eduardo Ramos a software engineer. Together they have developed an automated capillary detection and image analysis software in capillaroscopy: It is a simple, easy-learning...
Digitalization and telemedicine in rheumatology
The current German journal “arthritis + rheumatism” focuses on digitization and telemedicine in rheumatology. Digitization has been an integral part of medicine and thus also of rheumatology not only since the COVID pandemic, although this has certainly contributed to...
Pitiching Event during 3rd Digital Rheumatology Day
The last session of the 3rd Digital Rheumatology Day focused on a pitch competition for innovative digital solutions that aim to improve quality of care in rheumatology for patients and their doctors. Developers of digital products in rheumatology were invited to...
Podcast: Digital Rheumatology Network Vol. 9
Listen to our ninth podcast with Thomas Hügle interviewing Matthias Diener. He is a Co-Founder of the berlin-based startup Digital Rheuma Lab and founding member of Patients for Digital Health (P4D), an initiative by patients for patients and all who see...
Health-Related Quality of Life Improvements in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Derived from a Digital Therapeutic Plus Tele-Health Coaching Intervention: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
Background:Â Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a systemic autoimmune disease with no known cure, remains poorly understood and patients suffer from many gaps in care. Recent work has suggested that dietary and other lifestyle factors play an important role in...
Digital rheumatology in the era of COVID-19: results of a national patient and physician survey
Objective To analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rheumatic patients’ and rheumatologists’ usage, preferences and perception of digital health applications (DHAs). Methods A web-based national survey was developed by the Working Group Young...
Podcast: Digital Rheumatology Network Vol. 8
Listen to our eighth Podcast with Johannes Knitza interviewing Julie Soulard. She is a French physiotherapist, who is particularly involved in research on gait analysis with wearable sensors. She will defend her PhD on gait and axial apondyloarthritis in a few weeks....
Künstliche Intelligenz in der Medizin – kein Weg führt daran vorbei! Helfen Sie mit, die ethischen und sozialen Fragen der Zukunft der Medizin zu definieren.
In den kommenden Jahren ist davon auszugehen, dass sich durch die zunehmende Digitalisierung in der Medizin der klinische Alltag deutlich verändern wird. Neue Technologien, wie Künstliche Intelligenz (KI), können medizinischem Fachpersonal dabei helfen ihren...
Podcast: Digital Rheumatology Network Vol. 7
Listen to our seventh Podcast with Martin Krusche interviewing Tjardo Maarseveen. He is an assistant Research Scientist at Leiden University Medical Center and answers question to his recent paper with the title "Machine Learning Electronic Health Record...
Call for Papers: Thematic series on Digital Rheumatology in Arthritis Research & Therapy
Guest Editors: Professor Thomas Hugle (University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland) Dr Johannes Knitza (University Hospital Erlangen, Germany) Dr Martin Krusche (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany) The journal Arthritis Research & Therapy has launched a...
Statement of the German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh) on the use of video consultations in rheumatology
For several years video consultations have been regarded as a new form of medical healthcare infrastructure, in addition to personal doctor-patient contacts and have also been partly promoted. The COVID-19 pandemic brought unexpected topicality and attention to the...
Podcast: Digital Rheumatology Network Vol. 6
Listen to our latest podcast with Thomas HĂĽgle interviewing Matteo Caorsi and Wallyson de Oliviera from the company L2F and understand the basics of artificial intelligence and imaging and how it can be used to improve patients care in Rheumatology. About L2F L2F was...