Hospital-to-home care approach for COPD sufferers proving successful

An initiative to reduce emergency department visits and hospital readmissions by sufferers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Edmonton might be expanding to cover other chronic conditions, health officials said Monday.
Initially launched in 2015 as a collaborative project between Canadian Foundation for Healthcare and 10 provincial health systems, including Alberta Health Services, the Inspired initiative takes a hospital-to-home care approach to patients with the late-stage lung diseas