Pulmonary Education

Our home-based pulmonary education program provides individualized educational pamphlets for respiratory patients and their families.  Information includes relaxation techniques, coughing and breathing exercises, support literature, videos, discharge assessment, maintenance and physician follow-up reports. Outcomes include enhanced patient compliance with the treatment plan, reduction in hospital readmissions and emergency room visits, improved coping strategies, and improved quality of life.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

This provides educational material and treatment services with unsurpassed timelines and comfort to the patient. This rapid response for sleep lab coordination and treatment saves patients months of unnecessary stress and risk. With instruction in the use of CPAP equipment and proper interface/mask fit, items essential for patient compliance with prescribed therapy. Patients are followed for compliance for one year following initiation of therapy to ensure that treatment outcomes are maximized.

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Congestive Heart Failure interventions in the home include patient educational pamphlets focused on symptoms of CHF. Education is geared toward reinforcing physician's instructions in the home to maximize compliance with the treatment plan. All services are provided with the intent of improved quality of life and decreased incidence of hospital and ER visits.

COPD Intervention

This provides physicians and patients with complete homecare protocols for treating each stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Patients are encouraged to understand their plan of care and become an active participant in it. Regular follow-up maximizes compliance and provides positive outcomes, which include decreased incidence of hospital and ER visits, improved functional ability, improved quality of life, and less unscheduled physician time.

Asthma Intervention

This is structured around NIH and National Asthma Education Program guidelines, which recommend use of peak flow meters, education, environmental control. The program is expected to reduce lost work days and school days, improve quality of life, and save 15% in the overall cost of disease management.