November AARC Times is now online. Although
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has not been fully implemented,
health care organizations around the country are already preparing for impact
to prevent the loss of Medicare dollars from readmissions for chronic conditions.
Gary
L. Brown, BA, RRT, and Patrick J. Dunne, MEd, RRT, FAARC, authors of our
Clinical Perspectives article, "COPD In-patient Care: Time for a New
Paradigm," present the evidence from recent studies showing the need for
in-patient education about COPD exacerbation prevention prior to discharge.
Brown has seen success in this and is sharing his program's COPD Protocols and
Forms with AARC members on HelpLine. Just login to AARConnect, pull down the
"All Libraries" tab at the top, and type COPD + Forms + Protocol in
the search box.
Also
in this issue, don't miss, "Natural Disasters Bring out the Best in RTs
(p. 46), and our cover story featuring the AARC members leading the effort to
Adopt-A-Company for COPD awareness (p. 54). The digital issue of November Times can be viewed at:
http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?i=85675.