EULAR HPR: Initiatives

The EULAR HPR (Health Professionals in Rheumatology) Committee's main function is to promote multidisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in Europe.

Scroll down this page to find the list of ongoing and completed projects:

 

Ongoing Initiatives

 

• EULAR Implementation of a mobile health app for the self-management of juvenile-onset rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases during transitional care: a patient-centered approach. The Move-Up implementation project
  Convenor: F. Estévez Lopez

 

• EULAR recommendations/points to consider for the non-pharmacological management of connective tissue diseases with focus on systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis
  Convenor: Carina Bostrom

 

• Defining and optimising the use of qualitative research in the development of EULAR recommendations/points to consider
  Convenor: Annette de Thurah

 

• Increasing work participation across Europe, part II 
  Convenor: Ross Wilkie

 

• Increasing work participation across Europe 
  Convenor: Ross Wilkie

 

• Implementation of Physical Activity into routine Clinical pracTice in Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Disease: The IMPACT-RMD study 
  Convenor: Georg Metsios

 

• Assessing the implementation of the EULAR recommendations for patient education for people with inflammatory arthritis across Europe 
  Convenor: Mwidimi Ndosi

 

• People with RMDs will act as multipliers to support others to stay in or return to paid and unpaid work 
  Convenor: Erika Mosor

 

Published Initiatives

Manuscripts resulting from 13 projects that are not published in the EULAR Journals ARD and RMD Open:

• Implementation of EULAR Education for HPR in Eastern European countries 
  Convenor: Thea Vliet Vlieland
   
• EULAR points to consider/recommendations for the detection, assessment and management of non-adherence in people with RMDs 
  Convenor: Loreto Carmona
   
• 2019 EULAR points to consider for non-physician health professionals to prevent and manage fragility fractures in adults 50 years or older
  Convenor: Emalie Hurkman
  Read recommendation
  Read SLR's
  See slide deck
   
• Implementing Best practice for Hand Osteoarthritis – a communication project on hand osteoarthritis
  Convenor: Els van den Ende
  Watch the videos through the EULAR School webpage
   
• 2019 EULAR recommendations for the role of nurses
  Convenor: Yvonne Eijk-Hustings
  Read the recommendation
  See slide presentation
  Read the lay summary
   
• 2019 EULAR recommendations for the generic core competences of health professionals in rheumatology
  Convenor: Thea Vliet Vlieland
  Read the recommendation
  See slide presentation
  Read the SLRs
   
• EULAR recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis
  Convenors: Karin Niedermann / Thea Vliet Vlieland 
  Read the recommendation
  See slide presentation
  Lay summary
   
• The Health Professionals' Approach to Pain Management in Inflammatory Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
  Convenor: Rinie Geenen                                                                                                             Read the recommendation
  See slide presentation
   
• EULAR points to consider for health professionals undertaking musculoskeletal  ultrasound for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
  Heidi J Siddle, et al.
  Ann Rheum Dis doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210741
  Letter Published Online First 9 December 2016
  Read letter
  Read Manuscript
  Read Figure 1
  Read Key Questions
  Read SLR Search Terms
   
• EULAR Recommendations/Points to Consider for patient education of people with inflammatory arthritis
  Convenor: Mwidimi Ndosi/Astrid van Tubergen
  Read publication
  See slide presentation here
   
• EULAR recommendations for non-pharmacological management of hip and knee osteoarthritis
  Convenor: Thea Vliet Vlieland
  See slide presentation here
   
• EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse in management of chronic inflammatory arthritis
  Convenor: Jackie Hill / Turid Heiberg
   
• Evaluation of the current status of extended roles taken by health professionals within Europe – a pilot study in the form of a web-based survey
  Convenor: Tanja Stamm / Jackie Hill
   
• Validation of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool as a generic instrument in 7 European countries
  Convenor: Jackie Hill / Mwidimi Ndosi
   
• Establishing an international collaborative network of European health professionals in systemic sclerosis (EUSHNet)
  Convenor: Anthony Redmond