Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management continues to evolve, and early, proactive care can make a measurable difference for your patients. New evidence-based COPD resources are now available to help you identify patients at risk for exacerbations, recognize disease progression, and apply best practices across the continuum of care.
Built for real-world primary care needs, these tools support earlier recognition of exacerbation markers, appropriate testing, and treatment selection and thoughtful adjustments to existing therapies, including consideration of biologics when clinically appropriate. They also emphasize multidisciplinary collaboration and shared decision-making to better address the complex needs of patients living with COPD.
You’ll find patient-facing education designed to improve health literacy, self-management, and treatment adherence.
Explore these resources, use them in practice, and share them with your care team.
Bonus member resource: Utilize the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) EasyPI: COPD track to implement a performance improvement activity to identify at-risk patients, ensure updated guidelines are being followed, or appropriate follow-up is occurring.
This track is sponsored by AstraZeneca, an OAFP Partner in Health.
The OAFP’s Partners in Health Program is an online resource that contains links to organizations that provide patient education and high-value tools designed to support family physicians and their care teams in delivering optimal frontline care.
If you have questions about the OAFP’s Partners in Health Program, please contact Deputy Executive Vice President Kaitlin McGuffie or call 800.742.7327.