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01-12-2007 | Commentary
OMERACT: An international initiative to improve outcome measurement in rheumatology
Authors:
Peter Tugwell, Maarten Boers, Peter Brooks, Lee Simon, Vibeke Strand, Leanne Idzerda
Published in:
Trials
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Issue 1/2007
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Abstract
OMERACT is the acronym for an international, informally organized network initiated in 1992 aimed at improving outcome measurement in rheumatology. Chaired by an executive committee, it organizes consensus conferences in a 2-yearly cycle that circles the globe. Data driven recommendations are prepared and updated by expert working groups. Recommendations include core sets of measures for most of the major rheumatologic conditions. Since 2002 patients have been actively engaged in the process.