I saw this firsthand in my time working as a hospitalist—patients with COPD would continue to churn through the emergency department with exacerbations, never getting the help they needed between ...

Medication nonadherence among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a result of affordability and lack of knowledge about medications, among other factors, and leads to increased ...

Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 – commonly referred to as the ACA, hospitals and other healthcare facilities have been determined to meet the new standards of quality ...

Malnutrition, very severe airway obstruction, and the presence of three or more comorbidities were significant predictors of 180-day readmission for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Findings from this multicenter randomized controlled trial showed that the transition bundle was associated with a lower risk of 7-day and 30-day hospital readmission from chronic obstructive ...

Hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have increased in Canada, in contrast with a decline in all-cause admissions, data suggest. In a retrospective study of data ...

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, healing from home may be as good as receiving treatment in hospital, according to new research. “We know that pulmonary rehab is a highly ...

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The Pulmonary Rehab Program at Topeka's Stormont Vail helps people with chronic lung conditions reach goals for active living ...