September 29, 2022

Study of Novel COPD Program Launched by UMass Chan Medical School and Wellinks

A A new programme called Healthy at Home has been launched by UMass Chan Medical School and Wellinks, a digital healthcare provider that offers the first-ever integrated, virtual Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) management solution. The programme will look at how well virtual care can help COPD patients avoid the need for acute care.

Wellinks is a key component of this study's novel strategy to managing COPD chronic care, which is being spearheaded by UMass Chan's Program in Digital Medicine. Researchers will assess the program's viability and effects on patient-reported outcomes, healthcare utilisation, and overall medical costs over the course of six months. The study's complete results are anticipated around mid-2023.

…through our Healthy at Home relationship with UMass Chan Medical School, we're helping more patients living with COPD get the care they need to stay healthy and in control of their illness...

Dr. Abi Sundaramoorthy, Chief Medical Officer at Wellinks, said: "Through our Healthy at Home relationship with UMass Chan Medical School, we're helping more patients living with COPD get the care they need to stay healthy and in control of their illness. "We look forward to sharing the outcomes from this programme to inform future innovation in COPD care," the statement reads. "As we create the clinical evidence base for virtual-first COPD care together."

With an estimated yearly cost of $49.9 billion, COPD is the third most common cause of chronic disease-related death in the United States.

One in five patients with COPD who are released from the hospital are readmitted within 30 days, which accounts for the majority of the 873,000 ER visits and 700,000 hospitalizations brought on by COPD exacerbations each year.

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