Introducing the new COPD pocket consultant guide app: Can a digital approach improve care? A statement of the COPD foundation

Byron Thomashow; James D. Crapo; M. Bradley Drummond; Mei Lan K. Han; Ravi Kalhan; Elisha Malanga; Vinny Malanga; David M. Mannino; Stephen Rennard; Frank C. Sciurba; Kristen S. Willard; Robert Wise; Barbara Yawn

doi:10.15326/jcopdf.6.3.2018.0167

Introducing the new COPD pocket consultant guide app: Can a digital approach improve care? A statement of the COPD foundation

Byron Thomashow^*, James D. Crapo, M. Bradley Drummond, Mei Lan K. Han, Ravi Kalhan, Elisha Malanga, Vinny Malanga, David M. Mannino, Stephen Rennard, Frank C. Sciurba, Kristen S. Willard, Robert Wise, Barbara Yawn

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Abstract

The COPD Foundation has tried to address gaps in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care by providing COPD Pocket Consultant Guide cards to U.S. health care providers. Since launching the card in 2007, there have been numerous updates and more than 800,000 of these cards have been distributed at no charge to health care professionals. The most recent versions have concentrated on presenting an algorithm for COPD management based on 7 severity domains: spirometry, symptoms, exacerbations, oxygen requirements, the presence of chronic bronchitis or emphysema and comorbidities. To increase the usability and reach of this tool, the COPD Pocket Consultant Guide is now available as an app for iOS and Android. This updated version of the app includes new COPD and asthma/COPD overlap flow charts; an interactive therapy chart that takes into account modified Medical Research Council (mMRC), COPD Assessment Test (CAT), and spirometry scores; anxiety and depression screeners; up-to-date medication charts in both brand and generic formats; a checklist to aid in determining when a patient should be referred to a pulmonologist and more. Potential use of the COPD Pocket Consultant Guide app in clinical care is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	210-220
Number of pages	11
Journal	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.6.3.2018.0167
State	Published - 2019

Funding

Dr. Drummond reports personal fees from Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Novavax, and Mylan, outside the submitted work. Dr. Han reports personal fees from GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, and AstraZeneca and research support from Novartis and Sunovion, outside the submitted work. Dr. Kalhan reports grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute during the conduct of the study; grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, grants from PneumRx (BTG), grants from Spiration, grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, personal fees from CVS Caremark, personal fees from Aptus Health, grants and personal fees from GlaxoSmithKline, personal fees from Boston Scientific, personal fees from Boston Consulting Group, outside the submitted work. Dr. Mannino reports personal fees and other from GlaxoSmithKline, outside the submitted work.

Keywords

AECOPD
Acute exacerbation of COPD
Anxiety
App
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Depression
Exacerbations
Maintenance
Management
Medication
Pocket Consultant Guide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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Thomashow, B., Crapo, J. D., Bradley Drummond, M., Han, M. L. K., Kalhan, R., Malanga, E., Malanga, V., Mannino, D. M., Rennard, S., Sciurba, F. C., Willard, K. S., Wise, R., & Yawn, B. (2019). Introducing the new COPD pocket consultant guide app: Can a digital approach improve care? A statement of the COPD foundation. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, 6(3), 210-220. https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.6.3.2018.0167

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