Digital healthcare in COPD management: a narrative review on the advantages, pitfalls, and need for further research.

ABSTRACT: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality despite current treatment strategies which focus on smoking cessation, pulmonary rehabilitation, and symptomatic relief. A focus of COPD care is to encourage self-management, particularly during COVID-19, where much face-to-face care has been reduced or ceased. Digital health solutions may offer affordable and scalable solutions to support COPD patient education and self-management, such solutions could improve clinical outcomes and expand service reach for limited additional cost. However, optimal ways to deliver digital medicine are still in development, and there are a number of important considerations for clinicians, commissioners, and patients to ensure successful implementation of digital

SUBMITTER: Watson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8894614 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature