Impact of pulmonary rehabilitation team effort for ambulatory patients with chronic lung disease.
The pulmonary rehabilitation program at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee, is a program consisting of an interdisciplinary team effort that is coordinated by a clinical pharmacist and focuses intensively on educating patients with chronic lung disease about their disease, the basics of care, and life style changes that may prevent acute illnesses and help the patient remain as functional as possible. Implementation of this program, including information and data on proposal and development of this preventive care program are included. The success has been measured in the accomplishment of its goals of decreasing inpatient acute care needs through patient and family education, increasing functional status of patients handicapped with lung disease, and increasing patients' satisfaction with their care.
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Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.
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D019090:Case Management; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010595:Pharmacists; D016730:Program Development; D013597:Systems Analysis; D013714:Tennessee