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Higher Life’s Essential 8 Scores Associated With Reduced COPD Risk

By Brooke McCormick

November 21st 2024

Higher Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) scores, especially those reflecting lower nicotine exposure and better sleep health, are inversely associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk, emphasizing the importance of cardiovascular health (CVH) in disease prevention.

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COPD Mortality Falls in China, Yet High Burden Persists in Underdeveloped Regions

By Brooke McCormick

November 12th 2024

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Prednisone Superior to Other Corticosteroids for Patients With COPD, Heart Failure

By Killian Meara

October 30th 2024

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NIVO Score Accurately Predicts Mortality, Noninvasive Ventilation Failure in Patients With AECOPD

By Brooke McCormick

October 28th 2024

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Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in Patients With COPD Linked to Cancer, Heart Failure Risks

By Brooke McCormick

October 23rd 2024

Type 2 Inflammation: A Common Theme Among Several Chronic Diseases

Learn about the multifaceted aspects of type 2 inflammatory diseases, including impact on quality of life; the role of biomarkers in diagnosis and treatment selection; and unmet needs in clinical management.

Learn about the multifaceted aspects of type 2 inflammatory diseases, including impact on quality of life; the role of biomarkers in diagnosis and treatment selection; and unmet needs in clinical management.

Continuing Medical Education

November 22nd 2024

Managing Patients With COPD: Evidence-Based Care and Optimizing Value of New and Emerging Targeted Therapies

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June 14th 2017

COPD Patients May Reject Medical Advice Due to Treatment Burdens

Alison Rodriguez

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may dismiss medical advice if the benefit of the treatment is insignificant in comparison to the burden.

June 8th 2017

Poor COPD Medication Adherence Observed in Older Patients With Comorbid Depression

Christina Mattina

Patients with comorbid depression and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have low rates of adherence to their COPD management medications, putting them at increased risk of emergency department visits and hospitalizations.

This Week in Managed Care: June 2, 2017

June 2nd 2017

This Week in Managed Care: June 2, 2017

This week, the top managed care stories include an announcement that CMS will take Social Security numbers off Medicare cards; a national plan to combat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was released; and a nutrition advocacy group calls on FDA to stick with the schedule for a new nutrition facts label.

May 31st 2017

Forward-Looking National Plan Aims to End COPD

Laura Joszt, MA

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has released the first-ever COPD National Action Plan, which is aimed at ending the illness.

May 23rd 2017

Adding Home-Based Ventilation to COPD Therapy Can Prolong Time to Readmission, Death

Christina Mattina

A JAMA study has found that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received noninvasive ventilation in addition to home oxygen therapy went longer without being readmitted to the hospital or dying than those who received only home oxygen therapy.

May 22nd 2017

Getting From Patient Reports to Measured Performance

A panel at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance talks about how to take patient input and turn it into meaningful measurement.

May 20th 2017

Trial Duration, Disease Severity Impact Discontinuation and COPD Exacerbation

An analysis of discontinuation in randomized controlled trials for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has determined the main factors causing patients to drop out of clinical trials. The results were published in the International Journal of COPD.

May 19th 2017

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Guidelines: 2017 Update

May 10th 2017

Smoking Cessation Treatments Do Not Increase Risks in Patients With COPD

Getting smokers to quit smoking sometimes requires medical intervention, such as varenicline and bupropion; however, there have been concerns about the safety of these smoking cessation treatments in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

May 8th 2017

Delivering Oxygen to Address Acute Exacerbations of COPD

Short-term use of high-flow nasal tubes can help patients experiencing exacerbations of their chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a study in Respirology.

April 24th 2017

Using Apps to Persuade People With COPD to Increase Physical Activity

Laura Joszt, MA

A study in Journal of Medical Internet Research sought to discover how technologies could encourage daily walking in this population. The researchers developed 3 prototype apps using different persuasive technology design principles: dialogue support, primary task support, and social support.

April 23rd 2017

Provider Type and Management of Common Visits in Primary Care

Douglas W. Roblin, PhD Hangsheng Liu, PhD Lee F. Cromwell, MS Michael Robbins, PhD Brandi E. Robinson, MPH David Auerbach, PhD Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH

In primary care, nurse practitioners and physician assistants do not necessarily order more ancillary services, or more costly services among alternatives, than physicians.

April 21st 2017

Concentration of High-Cost Patients in Hospitals and Markets

Nancy D. Beaulieu, PhD Karen E. Joynt, MD, MPH Robert Wild, MS, MPH Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

High-cost patients are only modestly concentrated in specific hospitals and healthcare markets.

April 16th 2017

European, American Societies Provide Guidelines for Managing COPD Exacerbations

Laura Joszt, MA

The European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society have conducted a comprehensive review of evidence of managing exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in order to create a guideline of clinical recommendations.

April 15th 2017

Real-World Observational Study Will Aid in Understanding of Progression of COPD

A new collaboration between the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University’s MURDOCK Study, and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc will try to better understand how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease progresses in the real world.

April 2nd 2017

Enabling Physical Activity in Patients With COPD

Laura Joszt, MA

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease see benefits from physical activity (PA); however, there are several barriers that limit participation in PA in a primary care setting.

Allison Silvers Discusses the Importance of Palliative Care Integration for Complex Patients

March 31st 2017

Allison Silvers Discusses the Importance of Palliative Care Integration for Complex Patients

Palliative care can help alleviate the suffering and symptoms that go along with serious disease, making it an important component when caring for complex, high-need patients, said Allison Silvers, vice president of payment and policy at the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

March 27th 2017

Drivers of High Hospital Costs for Patients With COPD

Laura Joszt, MA

The majority of costs associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with hospitalizations, and a new study in the International Journal of COPD set out to determine the exact drivers of high costs among hospitalized patients with COPD.

March 21st 2017

The Increased Health Burden of Asthma—COPD Overlap Syndrome

Using patient-reported outcomes and data on healthcare utilization, researchers from the Yale School of Medicine have been able to compare the health burden of asthma—COPD overlap syndrome with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) alone.

March 17th 2017

Study Summary: FLAME

March 17th 2017

Catching a Cold Poses Risk of Symptom Exacerbation in COPD Patients

Christina Mattina

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), catching a cold is often more than just an annoyance; their risk of experiencing COPD symptom exacerbation rises 30-fold when they exhibit signs of a cold.

March 17th 2017

Does Paid Versus Unpaid Supplementary Caregiving Matter in Preventable Readmissions?

Hsueh-Fen Chen, PhD Taiye Oluyomi Popoola, MBBS, MPH Sumihiro Suzuki, PhD

Home health beneficiaries with diabetes using paid supplementary caregivers had 68% higher hazards of readmission due to urinary tract infection than those with unpaid supplementary caregivers.

March 15th 2017

Impact of a Pharmacy-Based Transitional Care Program on Hospital Readmissions

Weiyi Ni, PhD Danielle Colayco, PharmD, MS Jonathan Hashimoto, PharmD Kevin Komoto, PharmD, MBA Chandrakala Gowda, MD, MBA Bruce Wearda, RPh Jeffrey McCombs, PhD

Patients receiving postdischarge care from pharmacists had a 28% lower risk of readmission at 30 days and a 31.9% lower risk at 180 days compared with usual care.

March 11th 2017

Unusual Step Patterns May Contribute to Falls in COPD Patients

Christina Mattina

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a higher risk of falls, which a new study suggests could be explained by their altered walking patterns compared with healthy controls.

March 4th 2017

ICU Admission for Patients With COPD May Not Improve Outcomes

Laura Joszt, MA

Except in cases of critical illness, the intensive care unit may not be the best place for patients experiencing a flare-up of heart failure or their chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or even having a heart attack.

February 25th 2017

COPD Symptom Burden Linked to Work Impairment, Increased Utilization

Christina Mattina

A study of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease worldwide found that higher self-reported symptom burden was associated with more severe impairment of work and activities, as well as increased utilization of healthcare services.

February 18th 2017

New Collaboration to Promote Discovery of Innovative Respiratory Therapies

Christina Mattina

Weill Cornell Medicine and Boehringer Ingelheim have announced a collaboration that will investigate novel approaches to treating chronic respiratory disease.

February 4th 2017

COPD More Prevalent in Adults Whose Parents Had the Disease

Christina Mattina

A recent literature review confirmed that adult offspring of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at higher risk of being diagnosed with the disease themselves.

February 2nd 2017

Study Summary: ENERGITO

February 2nd 2017

Study Summary: WISDOM

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