Dr. Martin Jan Bergman M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
8 Morton Ave Suite 304 Ridley Park PA, 19078Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Martin Bergman is a rheumatologist practicing in Ridley Park, PA. Dr. Bergman specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Bergman treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Wi, Milwaukee Wi 1982
Medical College of Wisconsin 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Data collection in private practice and implementation with electronic medical records.
- Integrating patient questionnaire data into electronic medical records.
- Social and economic impact of inflammatory arthritis.
- Hotel-based medicine.
- RAPID3-an index of physical function, pain, and global status as "vital signs" to improve care for people with chronic rheumatic diseases.
- Quantitative clinical rheumatology: why is a test for anti-CCP antibodies included in most routine care for rheumatoid arthritis while a HAQ/MDHAQ remains largely a research tool?
- Assessing adequate treatment response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Patient questionnaires in rheumatoid arthritis: advantages and limitations as a quantitative, standardized scientific medical history.
- RAPID3, an index to assess and monitor patients with rheumatoid arthritis, without formal joint counts: similar results to DAS28 and CDAI in clinical trials and clinical care.
- Complex measures and indices for clinical research compared with simple patient questionnaires to assess function, pain, and global estimates as rheumatology "vital signs" for usual clinical care.
- How to collect an MDHAQ to provide rheumatology vital signs (function, pain, global status, and RAPID3 scores) in the infrastructure of rheumatology care, including some misconceptions regarding the MDHAQ.
- Quantitative recording of physician clinical estimates, beyond a global estimate and formal joint count, in usual care: applying the scientific method, using a simple one-page worksheet.
- Using disease activity measures in an office-based practice.
- Beyond RAPID3 - practical use of the MDHAQ to improve doctor-patient communication.
- RAPID3 (Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3) severity categories and response criteria: Similar results to DAS28 (Disease Activity Score) and CDAI (Clinical Disease Activity Index) in the RAPID 1 (Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevention of Structural
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Lupus
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