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Impact Of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Stewardship Program On Copd Patients, Qi Project, Salem Thabet, Mamta S. Chhabria, Muhammad Ali Naveed, Leela Kt. Boppana, Michael N. Gurell
Impact Of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Stewardship Program On Copd Patients, Qi Project, Salem Thabet, Mamta S. Chhabria, Muhammad Ali Naveed, Leela Kt. Boppana, Michael N. Gurell
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has multiple benefits in COPD patient. There are multiple barriers to utilize PR including lack of knowledge about the benefits of PR by providers. Objective: We are conducting a Quality Improvement project to improve the referral rate of patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD to PR. Methods: All patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of acute exacerbation of COPD requiring systemic steroids to Rochester General Hospital in the period between 7/1/2019 and 7/31/2019 were reviewed retrospectively. Between 7/15/2020 and 11/15/2020, we started a PR stewardship program, where we daily review patients hospitalized with acute COPD …