Haus Health Rheumatology PLLC

07/03/2026

At Haus Health Rheumatology, we help adults, children, families, and physicians make sense of complex autoimmune and inflammatory questions.

Our virtual consultations are designed for situations where symptoms, labs, diagnoses, or treatment decisions are unclear. Each consultation includes careful medical record review, a physician-led virtual visit, and a written report that patients can share with their local clinicians.

We focus on second opinions, diagnostic clarification, and expert rheumatology guidance. Our role is consultative: we support, but do not replace, local medical care.

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Haus Health provides expert virtual rheumatology consultations for adults and children with autoimmune and autoinflammatory rheumatic diseases. We offer second opinions, diagnostic clarification, and treatment review for patients with unclear symptoms, abnormal labs, and difficult rheumatic diseases

05/19/2026

When autoimmune symptoms, abnormal labs, or treatment decisions are unclear, expert rheumatology guidance can help you move from uncertainty to a clearer plan.

At Haus Health Rheumatology, we provide concierge-style virtual rheumatology consultations for adults, children, and families with known or suspected rheumatic disease.

We help patients and families understand:

• Confusing symptoms
• Abnormal autoimmune labs
• Unclear diagnoses
• Treatment decisions
• Whether a first expert review or second opinion is needed

With permission, we can help retrieve medical records electronically, review uploaded records and photos, conduct a guided virtual physical exam, and provide a written consultation report within five business days.

Haus Health is led by a Harvard-trained rheumatologist, board-certified in both adult and pediatric rheumatology.

Consultations are available in English and Spanish for patients in Massachusetts and Florida.

Learn more or request a consultation: https://haus.health

Virtual consultations only. Not for emergencies.

05/18/2026

Still searching for answers about autoimmune symptoms, abnormal laboratory results, or difficult treatment decisions?

Haus Health provides concierge-style virtual rheumatology consultations for adults, children, and families with known or suspected autoimmune and inflammatory disease.

Many patients come to us after months — sometimes years — of persistent symptoms, conflicting medical opinions, unclear diagnoses, or treatment plans that still do not fully explain what is happening.

We help patients and referring physicians navigate:
• Positive ANA and abnormal inflammatory labs
• Persistent fatigue, joint pain, rashes, and inflammation
• Complex autoimmune and autoinflammatory disease
• Biologic and immunosuppressive medication decisions
• Pediatric rheumatology concerns
• Diagnostic uncertainty and second opinions

Consultations include comprehensive medical record review, virtual physician consultation, guided remote physical examination when appropriate, and a detailed written specialist report delivered within five business days.

Led by Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD — a Harvard-trained physician board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Adult Rheumatology, and Pediatric Rheumatology.

✔ Consultations available in English and Spanish
✔ Virtual consultations for patients in Massachusetts and Florida
✔ Physician-to-physician consultation available nationwide

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11/17/2025

A new era in autoimmune care just arrived.

The FDA has approved the first vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) implant for rheumatoid arthritis—a non-drug therapy that uses the body’s own neural pathways to calm inflammation. Early studies show improvement even in patients who had failed multiple biologics.

Our latest article breaks down how VNS works, who may benefit, safety data, and what to expect as this treatment becomes more widely available.

If you or someone you love is living with RA, lupus, IBD, or other autoimmune diseases, this is worth a read.

Read the full post here: https://haus.health/blog/vagus-nerve-stimulation-rheumatoid-arthritis

We provide evidence-based second opinions, thorough record reviews, and rapid access for patients in Massachusetts and Florida.

Autoimmune disease is complex. Getting answers shouldn’t be.
Visit us at haus.health to learn more.

11/11/2025

🧬 Is a Positive ANA Test Cause for Concern?

You might be surprised: up to 1 in 7 healthy adults will test positive for ANA — and most will never develop lupus or any autoimmune disease.

The ANA test is one of medicine’s most commonly ordered — and most commonly misunderstood — markers. So how do you know when to worry, and when it’s just noise?

🔍 In our latest post, we break it down:
✅ What ANA really measures
✅ When a positive result does matter
✅ Why it’s often misinterpreted
✅ How to read ANA in the context of other symptoms and tests

If you or a loved one has seen “positive ANA” on a lab report, this is for you.

📖 Read now: The ANA Test: Medicine’s Most Misinterpreted Marker
🔗 https://haus.health/blog/ana-test-misinterpreted

A rheumatologist explains why the ANA test is often misinterpreted—and what a positive result does (and doesn’t) mean for autoimmune disease.

10/23/2025

🌡️ When the Body Thinks It’s Fighting an Infection — But Isn’t

At a physician conference, we discussed a patient who had suffered for years from unexplained fevers, hives, and high inflammation markers. Only later did we realize he had an autoinflammatory disease — a condition where the innate immune system stays “on” even when there’s no infection.

Most people have heard of autoimmune diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis — where the adaptive immune system mistakenly attacks healthy organs.

But autoinflammatory diseases are different. They’re caused by problems in the innate immune system, leading to repeated bouts of fever, rash, and inflammation without infection.

These rare disorders are being recognized more and more — and studying them is helping us understand inflammation at its core, from heart disease to diabetes.

🧠 Learn more in our latest blog post:

👉 “Autoimmune vs. Autoinflammatory Disease: When the Immune System Misfires in Different Ways.”

📖 Read it here: https://haus.health/blog/autoimmune-vs-autoinflammatory

At Haus Health Rheumatology, we combine academic precision, AI-powered insight, and human-centered care — because clarity begins when science meets empathy.

During a weekly physician conference, I presented the case of an older gentleman who had suffered for years from unexplained fevers, hives, and elevated inflammatory markers. Despite multiple evaluations, no clear diagnosis had been made. He eventually developed renal amyloidosis , a serious condit

10/20/2025

A case I encountered reminded me how easily we can all get “anchored” to one diagnosis — and how important it is to pause and rethink our assumptions.

A previously healthy man was hospitalized for fatigue and enlarged lymph nodes. His care team was convinced he had cancer. After multiple biopsies came back negative, an autoimmune condition turned out to be the real cause.

This story isn’t about blame — it’s about how we think. In medicine, cognitive biases like anchoring and availability bias shape our decisions more than we realize.

In our latest Haus Health Rheumatology blog post, we explore what this means for clinicians — and how awareness, reflection, and even AI tools may help us think more clearly while keeping human connection at the center of care.

💡 Read more: https://haus.health/blog/how-cognitive-biases-shape-medical-diagnosis

Patient details have been changed to protect privacy. A previously healthy man visited his primary care physician complaining of fatigue. Initial blood tests suggested possible cancer. Imaging studies revealed enlarged lymph nodes, and he was quickly admitted to the hospital to determine the type

09/23/2025

Morning stiffness? Evening aches? Or pain that just won’t quit?

Joint pain can tell a story—if you know how to listen.
In our latest Haus Health Rheumatology blog post, Dr. Hausmann explains how the timing of pain is one of the best clues to its cause:
•Morning stiffness that eases with activity → often inflammatory arthritis (like rheumatoid or juvenile arthritis).
•Pain that worsens with movement and improves with rest → commonly osteoarthritis or joint injury.
•Pain that comes and goes, changes location, or follows stress → may reflect central pain amplification or fibromyalgia.
•Nighttime burning, tingling, or crawling sensations → could point to neurologic issues like neuropathy or restless legs syndrome.

Whether the pain feels like burning, stabbing, or even “ice cream” (yes, kids really say that!), understanding these patterns can help you and your care team find answers sooner.

👉 Read the full article here: https://haus.health/blog/making-sense-of-joint-pain

If joint pain is keeping you from doing what you love, we’re here to help with expert second-opinion consults for adults and children in MA and FL.

Joint pain is the most common reason why people are referred to a rheumatologist. My adult patients can describe their pain in vivid detail—burning, stabbing, pressure, stiffness, crushing, aching, throbbing. Children, in their own creative way, will say their joint feels like ice cream , that ali