• Update on the GOLD Guidelines
    10/15/2012

    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) issued its first report in 2001. Much has been learned since the release of the first guidelines, and an updated guide was released in 2011 (http://www.copd.org/resources/clinician). The treatment of COPD now centers on the relief and reduction of symptoms as well as reduction of the risk of future adverse health events (eg, exacerbations).

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  • World Spirometry Day Unites Health-care Professionals Globally to Promote Lung Health
    10/15/2012

    This summer, World Spirometry Day united organizations across the globe to provide thousands of free public screenings and lung health consultations. With nearly 12 million Americans with COPD who remain undiagnosed, World Spirometry Day served as an important platform to spotlight lung health.

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  • COPD Alliance Introduces New Resources for Clinicians and Patients
    10/15/2012

    The COPD Alliance is focused on providing clinicians and those afflicted with the disease timely information, tools and support to facilitate the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of COPD. While we already provide a number of valuable resources, it’s our mission to continue to bring valuable information directly to clinicians and patients around the globe.

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  • COPD Alliance Welcomes AACVPR as a New Member
    10/15/2012

    Pulmonary rehabilitation is a core component in the overall management of a patient who has COPD.  It is a multidisciplinary, individually designed intervention program that includes both exercise and education, which helps patients with chronic lung disease manage the physical and psychosocial symptoms of their condition and improve their overall level of daily functioning and well-being.

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  • COPD Alliance Welcomes New Multicultural Members
    10/15/2012

    In the two short years since the COPD Alliance was formed, the organization has made great strides in helping its more than 300,000 members STEP forward in the fight against COPD, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. As the COPD Alliance continues to grow, a commitment to reach a broader audience has become a priority for the organization. An increased awareness among the health and medicine community through campaigns like “COPD Prepared,” has allowed the COPD Alliance to attract the additional membership of two leading multicultural organizations.

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  • Are You COPD Prepared?
    10/15/2012

    The COPD Alliance has embarked on a critical mission to raise the awareness of how to detect and treat COPD amongst our organizations’ members, while also raising the awareness of the valuable tools and resources that we provide.

    In order to accomplish that goal, we developed and launched the “COPD Prepared” campaign to encourage clinicians to take a four-STEP approach to become COPD Prepared.

    Click on the links below to learn about the four steps to becoming COPD Prepared:

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  • Are You Ready for COPD Awareness Month? COPD Alliance Launches COPD Prepared Campaign
    11/06/2011

    In October, the COPD Alliance launched a “COPD Prepared” campaign to encourage clinicians to take four easy STEPs to become COPD Prepared. The campaign, which coincides with November’s COPD Awareness Month, provides information to clinicians so they can prepare for the increasing number of patients at risk for COPD.  

    Clinicians will be asked to follow STEP as a framework for managing COPD patients.

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  • The COPD Population Screener: How to Take The First STEP in Becoming COPD Prepared
    11/06/2011

    Earlier this year, Kenneth Cohen, MD, Chief Medical Officer at New West Physicians in Colorado, and his associates studied COPD and looked for ways to enhance patient care. They decided to incorporate the COPD Population Screener™ (COPD-PS), endorsed by the COPD Alliance, to facilitate the early recognition of COPD in their at-risk patients.

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  • Spirometry an Effective Tool in Primary Care Practice
    11/04/2011

    Primary care and family practice nurse practitioner Dixie Harms, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C, BC-ADM, FAANP, works in a busy Iowa primary care practice and sees a large number of patients weekly. Over the years, she has become more familiar with the risks and effects of COPD and is working diligently to make a difference in the lives of her patients.

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  • ACCP Tobacco Dependence Treatment ToolKit Created to Help Patients and Clinicians
    11/04/2011

    In the 10 years since September 11, 2001, tobacco use has been recognized as the number one cause of COPD. In America, tobacco use by men has dropped slightly, while its use by adolescent girls has risen slightly.

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  • Pediatrician Champions Smoke-Free Living
    11/04/2011

    Georgia pediatric pulmonologist and certified tobacco treatment specialist Varada Divgi, MD, is on a mission. Working in the nation’s largest pediatric pulmonary practice, she is on an active crusade for tobacco prevention. She has been campaigning against secondhand smoke since 1982 to make parents understand the impact they have on their children, especially when it relates to cigarette smoking.  

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  • COPD Alliance Begins COPD Education Programs for Trainees
    11/04/2011

    by Brian Carlin, MD, FCCP, Chair, COPD Alliance

    September marked the first in a series of interactive COPD education programs for trainees in internal medicine, family practice, and pulmonary /critical care medicine provided by the COPD Alliance. The sessions, which will be piloted at five leading medical residency programs, have been developed to fill an existing gap in residency training programs for COPD, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.

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  • COPD Alliance Campaign Helps Clinicians Take Four STEPs to Become “COPD Prepared”
    10/26/2011

    NORTHBROOK, Ill. (October 19, 2011) – In an effort to encourage clinicians to be ready for COPD Awareness Month in November, the COPD Alliance (www.copd.org) has launched the “COPD Prepared” campaign.

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  • COPD Alliance Fact Sheet
    10/17/2011

    About the COPD Alliance

    The COPD Alliance was formed to provide primary care clinicians with timely information, tools, and support to facilitate the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The Alliance is composed of multidisciplinary societies and corporations whose commitment is to help primary care clinicians improve their patients’ quality of life through early recognition and management of COPD.

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  • Primary Care Clinicians Asked to STEP Forward Against COPD
    01/25/2011

    Five international health-care societies, representing more than 300,000 primary care and specialty clinicians, have announced their formal partnership in the fight against chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The COPD Alliance, composed of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and the American College of Osteopathic Internists, is dedicated to helping primary care clinicians help their patients with COPD achieve better outcomes.

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