Dr Haris F. Murad Dr. Kamran Hameed - Pakistan Society for ...

Dr. Kamran Hameed
Dr Haris F. Murad

There has been a need for an effective
platform to record patient progress
Clinic notes are not very comprehensive
Calculating disease activity scores is difficult
Compiling data for research is tedious
Physicians find the task of recording patient
progress daunting.
Lack of data on RA in Pakistan

Meteor is an online application designed to
record data of RA patients.
Captures patient data and records outcomes
over time, allowing the visualization of
trends.
Enhance and simplify rheumatologistpatient
relationships

Provides a central database that can be used for
publications, case studies or general research.
Comparison with international data from peers
that can be used as a benchmark.
Helpful in achieving institutional and individual
target goals.

Record data on printed
forms
Tender/swollen joint count
and global assessment
taken with physician
HAQ questionnaire filled
after consult
Uploaded online
Takes around 5
minutes to fill
A total of 200
patients have been
uploaded Over a
period of 4.5
months from 3/2012
to 7/2012

www.meteorapplication.com

Basic Patient Data Report
Scope:
Patients with a visit from:
Until:
Number of patients
Duration since debut of symptoms
Duration since date of diagnoses
Age
Female
hameed
2011-07-10
2012-07-10
Total number of patients with RF status
% Patients with positive RF
% Patients with negative RF
Total number of patients with aCCP status
% Patients with positive aCCP
% Patients with negative aCCP
Total number of patients with erosions status
% Patients with positive erosions
% Patients with negative erosions
Count /
Percentage
200
85.9
111
86.5
13.5
39
92.3
7.7
13
69.2
30.8
Average
(years)
9.7 8.1
7.8 7.6
47.5 12.6
SD Range
0.4 - 40.5
0.2 - 34.5
10.4 - 80.5

12
10
8
6
4
2
0
11
9.7
9.5
7.8
Duration since Debut of Sx Duration since Date of Dx
Meteor
Our Experience

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
58.9
Age
47.5
Meteor
Our Experience

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
72.4
%age Females
85.9
Meteor
Our Experience

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
67.7
86.5
60.9
92.3
51.4
69.2
RF aCCP Erosions
Meteor
Our Experience

45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
10.5
10.8
20.9
CRP ESR
41.3
Meteor
Our Experience

Indicator Meteor Our Experience
DAS (4) 1.8 1.9
DAS 28(4) 3.2 3.6
Patient Global 34.9 38.1
Physician Global 27.8 31.8

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Percentage of patients
Methotrexate, 73
Leflunomide,
55.4
HCQ, 23.5
Sulfasalazine,
13.7
Biologics, 2
Methotrexate Leflunomide HCQ Sulfasalazine Biologics

40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
35.2
21.7
19.5
25.8
DAS 28 (4) remission DAS 28 (4) low disease
activity
Meteor
Our Experience

, SDAI, CDAI, HAQ Graphs report
nts with a visit from: 2011-07-10 Scope:
l: 2012-07-10 Time interval: Quarter

Using this tool it is easy to capture patient
data and record outcomes over time
Provides a central database that can be used
for research.
Enhances and simplifies rheumatologistpatient
relationships.
We strongly recommend all to start recording
data with meteor

Questions?