Today we've talked to Dr Valerie Press about COPD exacerbations — treatment, triage, and discharge planning and hospital readmissions. Thank you so much for tuning in. Please take a moment to ...

It is recognised that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... about resuscitation or planning for the future. Hospital admission and discharge was seen as chaotic and ...

Data source: COPD secondary care reports of the Royal College of Physicians National Respiratory Audit Programme include data on people who have received a self-management plan at discharge from ...

Last fall, the hospital’s pharmacy team launched an effort aimed at cutting readmission rates for COPD, which are notoriously ...

Readmission rates for COPD are stable Although 30-day all-cause ... team to communicate and track patient progress post discharge. Dewey Roof, President of Life HME briefly describes the marriage ...

The team looked specifically at readmission rates for people with congestive heart failure (CHF) and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... care planning, as well as medication ...

Professionals perceived HELP-COPD as addressing an important aspect of care, although timing overlapped with discharge planning. Through a programme of work, 16,17 we developed a novel ...

Follow-up exams shortly after discharge for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... and an exacerbation action plan, are likely the best approach to reduce ...

less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Readmissions within 90 days were not different between the groups. “Individuals living with COPD experience ...

The stepped-wedge clinical trial included 365 primary care providers and 352 patients after hospital discharge for COPD exacerbation from two Department of Veteran Affairs medical centers and 10 ...