Prioritised interventions per disease stage
Disease stage | Prioritised interventions* |
---|---|
Suspicion of RA | 1. Rapid access to care. 2. Enhanced communication with primary care. 3. Early arthritis clinic. |
Recent diagnosis of RA | 1. Enabling self-management. 2. Early arthritis clinic. 3. Comprehensive comorbidity assessment. |
Established disease/structural damage | 1. Dedicated comorbidity specialist. 2. Integrating patient registries into daily clinical practice. 3. Enabling self-management. |
*The top three priority interventions are listed.
RA, rheumatoid arthritis.