COPD Collaborative Case Study: The Everett Clinic (2)

This best practices summary details Everett Clinic's efforts to collaborate with other healthcare organizations to develop performance standards for the care of patients with COPD, including the identification of the COPD population, educating providers and staff on evidence-based clinical guidelines, redesigning workflows and roles to provide optimal care, and working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to obtain accurate claims-based data regarding hospital admissions.