PRAXIS Resource Repository Search our extensive library of COPD care and readmissions reduction resources, including best practices, research articles, educational materials and toolkits.
Return to all articles Return to previous page Guideline Adherence in Hospital Recruited and Population Based COPD Patients Resource Type: Research Papers 0 Comments | 3 Likes A new study, the first of its kind done in Norway, analyzed whether people with COPD receive treatment consistent with GOLD recommendations, comparing those recently hospitalized with those not experiencing a hospitalization. Many studies have found that adherence to treatment guidelines is a challenge for people with COPD, often because they are not offered all available care. This study showed similar results. Researchers found that patients recruited from hospitals were more likely to have care consistent with established guidelines; nearly 30% of those individuals from the hospital population had evidence of smoking cessation and support, pulmonary rehabilitation, and recommended medication therapy compared to just 6.7% of patients not in the hospital group. One factor in this disparity may be COPD severity since those not in a hospital setting generally had less severe cases of COPD and are managed in primary care. This emphasizes the need for improved care for people with all levels of COPD but even greater attention to those with milder levels of COPD severity. The results of this study confirmed the authors’ assertion that more training for physicians and other healthcare professionals should be a priority. What does this mean for you and your practice? Can your staff easily identify people with COPD to assess immunization status and check inhaler technique when do medication reconciliation?Do those rooming your patients know how to review or observe inhaler technique? Remember that the COPD Pocket Consultant Guide (PCG) app, available in Android and iOS versions, has inhaler videos that your staff can use and you can have patients watch in your office or again at home.Do you have access to pulmonary rehabilitation? If not can local PT or OT programs provide exercise support?Using the PCG app can help guide appropriate medication management---check out the iOS and Android versions. View Resource Citation: Bahareh J et al. Guideline Adherence in Hospital Recruited and Population Based COPD Patients. BMC Pulm Med. 2018;18(195). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0756-8 GOLD improving care treatment guidelines No Comments You need to login to comment.
Return to all articles Return to previous page Guideline Adherence in Hospital Recruited and Population Based COPD Patients Resource Type: Research Papers 0 Comments | 3 Likes A new study, the first of its kind done in Norway, analyzed whether people with COPD receive treatment consistent with GOLD recommendations, comparing those recently hospitalized with those not experiencing a hospitalization. Many studies have found that adherence to treatment guidelines is a challenge for people with COPD, often because they are not offered all available care. This study showed similar results. Researchers found that patients recruited from hospitals were more likely to have care consistent with established guidelines; nearly 30% of those individuals from the hospital population had evidence of smoking cessation and support, pulmonary rehabilitation, and recommended medication therapy compared to just 6.7% of patients not in the hospital group. One factor in this disparity may be COPD severity since those not in a hospital setting generally had less severe cases of COPD and are managed in primary care. This emphasizes the need for improved care for people with all levels of COPD but even greater attention to those with milder levels of COPD severity. The results of this study confirmed the authors’ assertion that more training for physicians and other healthcare professionals should be a priority. What does this mean for you and your practice? Can your staff easily identify people with COPD to assess immunization status and check inhaler technique when do medication reconciliation?Do those rooming your patients know how to review or observe inhaler technique? Remember that the COPD Pocket Consultant Guide (PCG) app, available in Android and iOS versions, has inhaler videos that your staff can use and you can have patients watch in your office or again at home.Do you have access to pulmonary rehabilitation? If not can local PT or OT programs provide exercise support?Using the PCG app can help guide appropriate medication management---check out the iOS and Android versions. View Resource Citation: Bahareh J et al. Guideline Adherence in Hospital Recruited and Population Based COPD Patients. BMC Pulm Med. 2018;18(195). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0756-8 GOLD improving care treatment guidelines No Comments You need to login to comment.
Type of Resource View All Articles Articles (47) Case Studies (17) Educational Materials (14) Opinion/Editorials (12) Policy Statements (3) Presentations (11) Research Papers (84) Statistics (12) Toolkits (33) Webinars (13) White Papers/Reports (14)
Tags View All Articles 122readmission105hospitalization85treatment84patient education79care coordination78promising practices75evaluation & quality improvement68patient experience61exacerbations55post-acute care54caregiver & community54co-morbidities53telehealth41risk stratification39pulmonary rehabilitation38behavioral health37diagnosis34public policy32ambulatory care31prevention23oxygen23HRRP22socioeconomic issues18Palliative care15exercise11nutrition6Alpha-15hospice3quality improvement1caregiver1COPD1care transitions1treatment guidelines1GOLD1improving care1research & quality improvement1readmissions1hospitalizations