COPD Foundation

Webinar: COPD and Medicare Made Simple: Preparing for the Annual Enrollment Period In this recorded webinar, Medicare experts cover major changes in Part D for prescription drugs to ensure coverage for essential COPD treatments. You'll also learn about Medigap plans, Medicare Advantage options, and tips for managing medication costs. Watch this one-hour webinar designed to help you navigate Medicare, especially if you live with COPD: https://lnkd.in/eVzeVsnd

Indoor air quality plays an important role in maintaining healthy lungs, especially those living with COPD. Understanding your options can help you make informed decisions about the best way to clean your indoor air. Read our digest blog linked here: Breathe Easy: The Importance of Indoor Air Disinfection Technology | COPD Foundation to learn more about the different air disinfection technologies available: https://copdf.co/IndoorAir This clean air series is presented by Clean Air Dynamics. To learn more, visit: https://copdf.co/CleanAir

Acute exacerbations or flare-ups of COPD are a leading cause of hospitalization and often lead to the COPD becoming worse. Getting treatment as early as possible for an exacerbation can reduce its severity and prevent hospitalization, however, patients often delay seeking care. Previous research has shown that a continuous respiratory monitoring service, in which remote clinical personnel triage patients, is associated with reduced hospital admissions and emergency department visits, potentially by helping patients seek outpatient care (clinic or doctor visits) earlier. Additional analysis and information on this monitoring service have been published. Specifically, researchers examined the monitoring service by analyzing 245 outpatient visits that occurred after the monitoring system flagged that 168 patients appeared to be experiencing a worsening of their condition. In 84% of these visits, health care providers determined medical help was necessary, with two-thirds receiving treatment for an exacerbation. Read more about this continuous respiratory monitoring service in Clinical Interventions Following Escalations from a Continuous Respiratory Monitoring Service in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the latest issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation. Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gAwWv_ng Rob T. Neema Moraveji Richard Murray Michael Polsky Diego Maselli #COPD #telehealth #pulmonology #respiratory #research

Webinar: COPD and Medicare Made Simple: Preparing for the Annual Enrollment Period In this recorded webinar, Medicare experts cover major changes in Part D for prescription drugs to ensure coverage for essential COPD treatments. You'll also learn about Medigap plans, Medicare Advantage options, and tips for managing medication costs. Watch this one-hour webinar designed to help you navigate Medicare, especially if you live with COPD: https://lnkd.in/eVzeVsnd

We're excited to share that COPD Foundation Chief Executive Officer Jean Wright, MD, MBA, was recently a guest on the latest episode of the Patient Advocacy Voices podcast. In the episode, Sanofi host Eric Racine, US Head of Public Affairs and Patient Advocacy, and Kate Tighe, Head of US Public Affairs and Patient Advocacy, Immunology at Sanofi, join Dr. Wright to discuss how shifting perspectives and sparking innovation can change outcomes for patients with historically overlooked conditions. They cover the importance of straightforward yet creative approaches to tackling seemingly inscrutable problems, how to handle some of the most difficult aspects of leadership, and why charting a path toward refreshing solutions can accelerate progress. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/ecMhNcet #COPD #healthcare #innovation #patientadvocacy #podcast

Have you been keeping up with our Lace Up for Lungs updates? We are thrilled to share that more than 45 locations around the world joined in our awareness efforts this year by shining orange for COPD Awareness Month! Included here are the Lowry Ave Bridge in Minneapolis, the Philadelphia International Airport Tower, the Terminal Tower in Cleveland, the Calgary Tower in Alberta, Canada, the JL Tower in Anchorage, and Niagara Falls. We extend our thanks again to all who stepped up to help raise awareness with us. Together, we are building a brighter future for those with chronic lung disease. #COPDAwarenessMonth #LaceUpforLungs

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could potentially improve the detection and outcomes of lung diseases such as COPD worldwide by improving early diagnosis, watching for worsening disease, and starting treatment. In one article, researchers discuss how AI technology can help with diagnosing and monitoring COPD. This can be done by including AI reviews of medical imaging (X-rays, CT scans), patient histories, blood work, and lung function tests in a doctor’s evaluation of patients. This could also be useful across the globe including in countries with less medical resources. Read more in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of COPD Foundation: https://copdf.co/AI-copd Learn more about COPD Awareness Month: https://lnkd.in/gaWdD4kj #COPD #COPDAwarenessMonth #MedicalResearch #Journal

Have you heard of COPD? COPD is the term used to describe chronic lung diseases including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Common symptoms include breathlessness, frequent coughing, wheezing, tightness in the chest, and fatigue. Common first symptoms include an inability to walk up stairs without getting winded, and difficulty blowing out the candles on your birthday cake. Don’t ignore the signs. Talk to your doctor about COPD. Because if you breathe, you should know about COPD. Learn more at copdfoundation.org.

Acute exacerbations or flare-ups of COPD are a major cause of hospital admissions, and despite treatment, they can further worsen the patient's condition, resulting in a higher risk of death. At present, it is still difficult to identify how severe a patient’s exacerbation will be and their risk of dying. To address the above issues, researchers in China studied cases of patients experiencing acute exacerbations from January 2012 to December 2018 and pulled 90 different patient characteristics from the electronic medical records database. Then, through a rigorous selection process, a set of 34 key features to study were identified. These features were used to develop and train 7 machine-learning computer program models to focus on predicting the need for intensive care unit admission and the likelihood a patient would die in the hospital. Read what they learned in Development and Validation of Machine Learning-Based Models for Prediction of Intensive Care Unit Admission and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the latest issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation. Read the article: https://copdf.co/AI-exacer #COPD #readmissions #AI #innovation #pulmonology #research

We are proud to have COPD Foundation representatives present at AARC Congress in Orlando, FL today on #WorldCOPDDay. We hope all in attendance were able to catch Mike Hess's award-winning poster presentation, "Patient Preferences for COPD Maintenance Therapies in the United States." Those around should also be sure to stop by COPD Foundation booth #640 to chat with Amanda Atkinson, MSN, RN, Jonnie Korinko, MSRC, RRT, RRT-ACCS, and enter for your chance to win a Littman Cardiology IV Stethoscope! #AARCCongress2024 #COPD #respiratory #AARC