American College Of Physicians Launches Free Web-based Resource To Improve COPD Care

Main Category: COPD
Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma
Article Date: 24 Apr 2009 - 8:00 PDT

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The American College of Physicians (ACP) today announced the ACP COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Portal (http://copd.acponline.org ). The Web site provides concise answers to specific clinical and practice-management questions for internists, other health care professionals, and patients and their families.

COPD -- typically a result of smoking -- is a serious disease involving the airways and lung tissue that over time makes it difficult to breathe. More than 12 million people are currently diagnosed with COPD and an additional 12 million likely have the disease and don't even know it.

"Our goals for the ACP COPD Portal," said Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, ACP's deputy executive vice president and senior vice president for medical education and publishing, "are to increase physician awareness of what constitutes high-quality, evidence-based COPD care; increase awareness of the gap between current practice and acceptable standards of care for COPD; and provide information for affected patients to help them manage the disease and any complications."

Internal Medicine - American College of Physicians