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Asthma-related hospital visits increase in correlation with high heat and extreme temperatures, according to a presentat...
05/24/2024

Asthma-related hospital visits increase in correlation with high heat and extreme temperatures, according to a presentation done at the recent ATS conference.

Stay on top of your patient's lung health with VitalFlo in your clinic!

SAN DIEGO — High heat events and extreme temperatures that lasted several days showed an increase in asthma-related hospital visits, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Not only do 70% of people with Asthma and COPD go undiagnosed, but those that did get diagnosed and got treatment from a...
05/22/2024

Not only do 70% of people with Asthma and COPD go undiagnosed, but those that did get diagnosed and got treatment from a pulmonologist had much better outcomes that those that got basic care from their family doctor. It's time for primary care clinics to start offering PFTs so patients don't have to make an extra visit to the pulmonologist to get better outcomes.

Here’s how to tell if you’re one of them.

Exercise training is very beneficial to patients with COPD, and if started early enough, can improve outcomes greatly. U...
05/20/2024

Exercise training is very beneficial to patients with COPD, and if started early enough, can improve outcomes greatly.

Under the guidance of their doctor, patients can monitor their lung function regularly once they get home using VitalFlo.

Starting exercise training early in a hospitalization for a COPD exacerbation led to improved exercise capacity and physical function at discharge, according to study results published in Respiratory Medicine.“Physiotherapists who work with patients who are admitted to hospital with an exacerb...

Advances in understanding and treating asthma and COPD are leading to better preventative treatments that can reduce irr...
05/17/2024

Advances in understanding and treating asthma and COPD are leading to better preventative treatments that can reduce irreversible lung damage, improve patient outcomes, and potentially allow for clinical remission in severe cases.

With VitalFlo, you can keep track of exacerbations and stay on top of your patient's lung health at every visit. Save your patients time and money, and keep everything in-house.

In just one asthma or COPD attack, irreversible changes to the tissue of the lungs can occur, effectively leaving them scarred

We're finding out just how important it is to identify and control COPD and Asthma. VitalFlo allows you to monitor and k...
05/15/2024

We're finding out just how important it is to identify and control COPD and Asthma. VitalFlo allows you to monitor and keep track of your patient's lung health with every visit.

Undiagnosed COPD, asthma linked to worse quality of life, more health care use

Compared with healthy individuals, having undiagnosed COPD or asthma negatively impacted quality of life and led to higher health care usage, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.“The detection of undiagnosed COPD or asthma at an earlier....

New study looks at combining the Asthma control questionnaire (ACQ) and the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ) for patien...
05/13/2024

New study looks at combining the Asthma control questionnaire (ACQ) and the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ) for patients that may have both diseases to reduce the overlap of questions and save time and effort.

VitalFlo supports several validated surveys and allows you to use custom survey questions and set frequency for your patients.

Symptoms of asthma and COPD often overlap, and both diseases can co-exist in one patient. The asthma control questionnaire (ACQ) and clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ) were developed to assess disease burden in respectively asthma or COPD. This study explores the possibility of creating a new questio...

If approved, new reimbursement codes will be added in 2025 for remote patient monitoring that could incentivize expandin...
05/10/2024

If approved, new reimbursement codes will be added in 2025 for remote patient monitoring that could incentivize expanding RPM in your practice. Good news for both patients and doctors!

New codes from the AMA could mean more RPM reimbursement by 2025

If the CPT Editorial Panel approves new changes and Medicare and private payers follow suit, providers that expand their remote patient monitoring programs to fit the new codes will gain the most benefits for their patients and clinics.

This is a great article about how a family physician in Oklahoma implements remote patient monitoring in his practice to...
05/08/2024

This is a great article about how a family physician in Oklahoma implements remote patient monitoring in his practice to improve patient care, and how it has given him more
control over decision-making for his patients due to the seamless integration with his electronic health records system.

How Remote Monitoring Can Help Improve Care for Chronic-Disease Patients

A family physician based in Oklahoma shares his experience in implementing remote patient monitoring to improve care between clinic visits.

"With the unprecedented availability of real-time data, the impact of RPM, telehealth and hospital-at-home will accelera...
04/26/2024

"With the unprecedented availability of real-time data, the impact of RPM, telehealth and hospital-at-home will accelerate the pace of advancement and redefine the future of healthcare in 2024 and beyond.

"The financial drivers of reimbursements and the growing importance of value-based care align with the broader goal of delivering effective and comprehensive healthcare solutions."

If you are interested in specialized solutions for monitoring respiratory patients like those with COPD, asthma and CF, or post-operative lung transplant patients, VitalFloHOME is the platform for your practice.

Strategic, technological and governmental elements will come together to create a more interconnected, patient-centric and cost-effective healthcare landscape.

04/23/2024

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have depression/anxiety have significantly increased respiratory symptoms and exacerbation rates compared with other patients with COPD.

When targeting adverse outcomes, it is always important to treat the whole patient, including mental health.

Investigators characterized the clinical characteristics and exacerbation rates of patients with COPD who also had depression or anxiety.

COPD is important to control and manage both for its own sake and because of exacerbations can increase the risk of acut...
04/18/2024

COPD is important to control and manage both for its own sake and because of exacerbations can increase the risk of acute cardiovascular (CV) events:

This study of a newly diagnosed population of US patients with COPD found that the incidence of all-cause mortality and acute CV events increased following both moderate and severe COPD exacerbations for up to 2 years. Subsequent exacerbations further increased these risks. Patients living in rural neighborhoods and lower SES neighborhoods were at higher risk of a CV event and death following an exacerbation.

Analyzing the risk of cardiovascular events and mortality following acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Read more

04/16/2024

Exposure to PM2.5 or NO2 air pollution during early childhood may play a role in the development of childhood asthma, with higher risk among minoritized families living in densely populated communities characterized by fewer opportunities and resources.

VitalFlo has been an active partner with several research groups to study these impacts. Our partners at Stanford University, CU Boulder and UT Austin Dell Medical School are all actively using the VitalFloTRIALS platform in their studies of the impacts of wildfire particulate, indoor and outdoor air quality, and other environmental factors on respiratory outcomes.

Researchers examined the link between asthma risk and early life PM2.5 and NO2 exposure, and whether community-level characteristics modified the asthma risk.

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