Canadian Lung Association Launches New Online Tools To Help People With Lung Disease Find Local Programs

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma
Also Included In: Lung Cancer
Article Date: 29 Jul 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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Want to find an asthma education centre or a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) clinic near you? Need to get a lung function test and don't know where to go?

The Canadian Lung Association is making it easier for Canadians to find help in their area with new online tools: searchable databases of lung disease programs and services available in Canada.

By entering your town or city or postal code, you will find programs or lung testing sites near you. For each program listed, you'll get an interactive map that shows its location. You'll find out who qualifies for the program, whether you need a doctor's referral, contact information and hours of operation.

"These new online tools make it really easy for people with lung disease to get connected to local services" says Melanie Wise, Consumer Health Information Manager for The Lung Association. "Patients and healthcare providers have been asking for local program information for a long time; now it's all here, at the click of a mouse."

Find an asthma program (clinic, education centre, support group) near you

Find a COPD program (clinic, education centre, support group) near you

Find a pulmonary rehabilitation program near you

Find a lung testing lab or spirometry clinic near you

These search tools were developed through unrestricted educational grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline Inc., and Pfizer Canada.

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Canadian Lung Association

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