Fewer Sleep Apnea Referrals for Rural Patients
Geographic location is an independent factor in whether high-risk patients receive evaluations for obstructive sleep apnea in primary care settings.
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Fewer Sleep Apnea Referrals for Rural Patients
Geographic location is an independent factor in whether high-risk patients receive evaluations for obstructive sleep apnea in primary care settings.
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17% of Patients Perceived as Difficult by Physicians
Physicians perceive one-in-six patient visits in non-psychiatric clinics as “difficult,” and these encounters are more likely to involve patients with mental health disorders or chronic pain.
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10% of Primary Care Patients Report Unmet Social Needs
Healthcare systems could benefit from knowledge sharing and systematic evaluations to achieve better success in social needs screening and intervention programs.
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Using Pediatric Primary Care to Curb Parent Smoking
Automated smoking cessation interventions at pediatric primary care locations helped reduce parental smoking.
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ndd Medical Introduces EasyOne Sky Spirometer
The EasyOne Sky handheld spirometer from ndd Medical Technologies features a built-in coach to help simplify lung function testing.
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CAPTURE Tool Aids COPD Screenings
CAPTURE — a new screening tool developed by a national group of researchers — shows promise in helping primary care physicians identify adults with undiagnosed COPD, according to research published in JAMA.
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Parent Financial Coaching Improved Pediatric Well Visits
Implementing financial coaching for parents of infants in a pediatric primary care setting reduced missed well-child care visit rates by half and significantly improved receipt of vaccinations at a timely age.
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Rural COPD Patients Face Higher Death Rates
Rural COPD patients face higher death rates; the first step to helping these patients is understanding why these disparities exist.
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Circassia Expanding FeNO Asthma Testing into Primary Care
Asthma FeNO testing will be available in more US primary care settings as the result of a new national distribution model for Circassia Inc’s NIOX Vero FeNO testing device.
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Campaign Encourages Physicians To Investigate Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers
Cancer charities in the UK launched a campaign to urge family doctors to recognize lung cancer symptoms in non-smokers.
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Primary Care Physicians Need Greater Role in COVID-19 Policy-making
Scientists say primary care physicians need greater involvement in health policies aimed at controlling COVID-19 and called for more research into primary care.
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First Primary Care COPD Registry to Improve Care
A new COPD registry (APEX COPD) is specifically designed to improve the management of patients in the primary care setting.
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Only 3% of Medicare COPD Patients Used Pulmonary Rehab
Only 3.7% of Medicare patients with COPD used pulmonary rehabilitation in 2012, an increase of 1.1% since 2003, according to a JCRP study.
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Child Well-Visits Linked to Flu-Like Illnesses
Research shows that annual well-visits are associated with an increased risk of flu-like illnesses in children and family members within two weeks of the appointment.
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Diagnosing Pneumonia Requires More than Symptoms, Patient History
The majority of diagnoses of radiographic pneumonias were not suspected by general practitioners on clinical grounds in a study from The Netherlands.
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The Office Setting: A True Place for the Respiratory Therapist
Early detection, diagnosis, rehabilitation, and education are but a few of the areas in which RTs can play a vital role in the office setting.
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Primary Care Collaborative Networks: Improving Performance
Collaborative networks of primary care practices are springing up all over the United States. These networks have the potential to provide a process and structure for sharing information between individual private practices, resulting in
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Ambulatory Capnography
Capnography appears to be the most effective monitoring aid for detecting respiratory compromise in patients during mild sedation.
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National Lung Health Education Program Keeps COPD in Forefront
For 10 years the National Lung Health Education Program (NLHEP) has increased community and primary care physician awareness of COPD and supported the use of spirometry to increase early detection of the disease.
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