The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. This month we begin a new feature, an Editor’s spotlight. The podcast includes an interview with Dr. Natasha Gakhal about her and her team’s paper:

Improving Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and Toxicity Screening at a Tertiary Care Ambulatory Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative by Sahil Koppikar, Stephanie Gottheil, Chandra Farrer and Natasha Gakhal https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191265

This month’s selections also include:

Tofacitinib Persistence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Anat Fisher, Marie Hudson, Robert W. Platt and Colin R. Dormuth for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191252

Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis: Combined Analysis of European Biologics Databases by Matthew L. Thomas, Gavin Shaddick, Rachel Charlton, Charlotte Cavill, Richard Holland, Florenzo Iannone, Giovanni Lapadula, Simona Lopriore, Jakub Závada, Michal Uher, Karel Pavelka, Lenka Szczuková, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, Irini Flouri, Alexandros Drosos, Burkhard Möller, Michael J. Nissen, Rüdiger B. Müller, Almut Scherer, Neil McHugh and Alison Nightingale https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190815

The Challenge of Very Early Systemic Sclerosis: A Combination of Mild and Early Disease? By Elisabeth Blaja, Suzana Jordan, Carmen-Marina Mihai, Rucsandra Dobrota, Mike Oliver Becker, Britta Maurer, Marco Matucci-Cerinic and Oliver Distler https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190976

Phenylalanine Is a Novel Marker for Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis Progression: The MOST Study by Guangju Zhai, Xianbang Sun, Edward W. Randell, Ming Liu, Na Wang, Irina Tolstykh, Proton Rahman, James Torner, Cora E. Lewis, Michael C. Nevitt, Ali Guermazi, Frank Roemer and David T. Felson https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200054

Improving Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and Toxicity Screening at a Tertiary Care Ambulatory Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative by Sahil Koppikar, Stephanie Gottheil, Chandra Farrer and Natasha Gakhal https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191265

To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org

Music by David Hilowitz