Tag: COPD
American Lung Association launches COPD campaign
November 13, 2023HME News Staff
CHICAGO – The American Lung Association, with support from Sanofi and Regeneron, has launched “COPD for Life,” a campaign to help people who have been living with the disease for 10 or more years live better, more active and enjoyable lives. "Fortunately, we have seen a significant amount of progress in COPD care and treatment over the last decade," said Harold Wimmer, president and CEO of the American Lung Association. "Because their original diagnosis was so long ago, people living...
NuvoAir, health plan partner on virtual care model for COPD
September 12, 2023HME News Staff
BOSTON – NuvoAir, a value-based, integrated specialty care provider, and Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, a health plan and affiliate of Marshfield Clinic Health System, have launched a clinical research study to measure the impact of the company’s virtual care model on reducing exacerbations, ER visits, hospitalizations, readmissions and overall costs for COPD patients. “We are excited to collaborate with NuvoAir to learn more about the advantages of a virtual care model in improving...
VillageMD, COPD Foundation partner to raise awareness
May 1, 2023HME News Staff
CHICAGO and MIAMI – Walgreens-backed VillageMD and the COPD Foundation have announced a partnership to better identify and treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Village Medical Practices. The partners aim to raise awareness through education and outreach campaigns to patients, help identify those with undiagnosed COPD and increase access to pulmonary rehabilitation, according to a press release. “Patients who are living with COPD struggle with ongoing discomfort, breathlessness...
Spire Health says its patient monitoring tech reduces admissions
March 14, 2023HME News Staff
SAN FRANCISCO – Spire Health has published the results of a survey in the International Journal of COPD that shows use of its virtual care system is associated with a reduction in emergency visits and hospital admissions for COPD patients. Use of Spire’s sensing technology for long-term patient monitoring was associated with a significant decrease in all-cause hospitalizations per patient per year (1.09 ± 0.07 to 0.38 ± 0.06, P
COPD patients benefit from telerehabilitation, according to trial
January 9, 2023HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Long-term telerehabilitation and unsupervised training at home for COPD patients are both successful in reducing hospital readmissions and can broaden the availability of pulmonary rehabilitation and maintenance strategies, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Researchers embarked on the randomized controlled trial because, despite the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD, many patients do not access or complete...
ResMed: COPD numbers ‘should be a warning’
September 6, 2022HME News Staff
SAN DIEGO – More than 480 million people worldwide likely suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, according to a new abstract led by ResMed and presented on Sept. 4 at the European Respiratory Society Congress. This figure is 22% to 126% higher than today’s most cited estimates of 212 million to 392 million. “This number should be a warning,” said study co-author and ResMed Chief Medical Officer Carlos M. Nunez, M.D. “It should urge doctors to be more...
Study: RT home visits can reduce COPD readmissions
January 12, 2022HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine - At-home interventions by a respiratory therapist can reduce hospital readmission rates among patients with COPD, according to a new study published in Respiratory Care. Study authors looked at outcomes in patients enrolled in a respiratory therapist-led COPD Disease Management Program, comparing outcomes of 658 patients who were discharged from five hospitals in the Atlantic Health System with outcomes of 435 patients who were discharged and then enrolled in the management program....
Foundation studies digital health’s impact on outcomes for COPD patients
January 10, 2022HME News Staff
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The COPD Foundation, a patient advocacy and research organization, and Wellinks, a digital health care company that offers an integrated, virtual COPD disease management solution, have partnered to recruit eligible patients for a new study through the foundation’s COPD Patient-Powered Research Network. Researchers plan to enroll between 100 and 150 adults with COPD for a 24-week prospective research study of the Wellinks solution. “We are passionate about ensuring...
ResMed invests in Scottish tech start-up
December 2, 2021HME News Staff
SAN DIEGO – ResMed has made a minority investment in Lenus Health, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based health-tech startup that specializes in improving outcomes and lowering costs for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to the Scottish Business Times. “Lenus Health’s achievements underscore the power of digital health to improve people’s lives, delivering care closer to home while also significantly reducing health care costs for whole systems,” said...
Tactile Medical buys AffloVest
September 21, 2021HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS – Tactile Medical has acquired the assets of the AffloVest respiratory therapy business from International Biophysics Corp., a privately held company that developed and manufactures the portable, wearable vest.
AffloVest is used to treat patients with chronic respiratory conditions such as COPD-associated breathing conditions like bronchiectasis, or conditions resulting from neuromuscular disorders and cystic fibrosis, by managing airway clearance.
“The addition...