Rheumatology Practices
Manage infusion schedules, lab coordination, and chronic disease monitoring without the administrative overload.
Rheumatology practices manage patients on complex medication regimens that require regular lab monitoring, infusion scheduling, and careful titration over months. Your patients have conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and psoriatic arthritis that demand long-term relationships and consistent follow-up. When a patient's methotrexate labs are overdue or their infusion interval is off, the clinical consequences are real. Curowell keeps these chronic care workflows running smoothly.
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Biologic infusion scheduling is unforgiving
Patients on infliximab, rituximab, or other IV biologics need infusions at exact intervals: every 4, 6, or 8 weeks depending on the medication and disease activity. A missed or delayed infusion can trigger a disease flare or even an infusion reaction on the next dose due to antibody formation. Each patient's schedule is unique and the consequences of error are significant.
Appointment Scheduler
Appointment Scheduler manages biologic infusion series with interval-specific scheduling. Each medication protocol is defined with its infusion duration, required interval, and acceptable scheduling window. The system books the full series and alerts your staff when a patient's next infusion is approaching the outer limit of their dosing interval.
Lab work must precede certain visits and medications
Patients on methotrexate need CBC and liver function tests before each visit. Patients on biologics need TB screening and hepatitis panels before starting therapy. When labs are not completed before the appointment, your provider either delays the visit or makes clinical decisions without current data. Either outcome is suboptimal.
Smart Reminders
Smart Reminders sends lab order reminders timed so results are available before the scheduled appointment. A patient with a rheumatology visit next Tuesday receives a reminder to complete labs by the prior Thursday. If labs are not completed by the cutoff, your staff is alerted to follow up with the patient before the visit rather than discovering the gap at check-in.
Disease activity monitoring requires consistent data
Rheumatologists track disease activity scores, functional assessments, and inflammatory markers over time. When patients miss visits, there are gaps in the longitudinal data that make it harder to assess treatment response. A patient who comes in every six months instead of every three gives you half the data points to evaluate whether their medication is working.
Patient Chat
Patient Chat enables between-visit symptom reporting so patients can share joint pain levels, morning stiffness duration, and functional status between appointments. This data supplements in-office assessments and helps your provider detect flares or treatment failures earlier. Patients feel more engaged in their care because they are reporting proactively rather than just answering questions at quarterly visits.
Common questions
Questions from rheumatology practices
Can the system manage multiple patients' infusion schedules in a shared infusion suite?
Yes. Infusion chairs are managed as shared resources with time allocations based on each patient's specific medication protocol. A rituximab infusion that takes 4-6 hours is scheduled differently than an infliximab infusion that takes 2-3 hours. The system prevents overbooking the suite and ensures nursing coverage matches the infusion volume for each day.
How does Curowell handle patients who need pre-medication before their infusion?
Infusion appointments can include pre-medication time in the appointment block. The system schedules the patient's arrival early enough for pre-medication administration and the required wait period before the biologic infusion begins. Reminders include instructions about pre-medication, hydration, and what to bring for a long infusion session.
Can we track which patients are due for tuberculosis screening renewal?
Yes. Screening requirements like annual TB tests for patients on biologics are tracked as recurring monitoring events. The system alerts your team when a patient's screening is approaching expiration and can block infusion scheduling if the required screening is overdue. This prevents the situation where a patient arrives for an infusion but cannot receive it because their TB test has expired.