{"id":4877,"date":"2024-03-20T10:01:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annualreport.mhcah.org\/?page_id=4877"},"modified":"2024-03-20T10:08:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:08:06","slug":"copd-connect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annualreport.mhcah.org\/annual-report-2023\/stories\/copd-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"COPD Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center top;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:1193.4px;margin-left: calc(-2% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.25;\"><h1>COPD Connect Program Supports Care in Many Forms<\/h1><\/h1><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:40% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.45%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.45%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><style>.fusion-imageframe.imageframe-1{ margin-bottom : 10px;}<\/style><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1131\" height=\"740\" alt=\"elderly man sitting in a chair and looking at an iPad\" title=\"2022-COPD\" src=\"https:\/\/annualreport.mhcah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/2022-COPD.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annualreport.mhcah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/2022-COPD-200x131.jpg 200w, https:\/\/annualreport.mhcah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/2022-COPD-400x262.jpg 400w, https:\/\/annualreport.mhcah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/2022-COPD-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/annualreport.mhcah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/2022-COPD-800x523.jpg 800w, https:\/\/annualreport.mhcah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/2022-COPD.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><em>John Berg uses an iPad to talk to a nurse at MaineHealth Care at Home.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:60% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.6333333333333%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.6333333333333%;}@media only screen and 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class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:1193.4px;margin-left: calc(-2% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Since 2021, MaineHealth Care at Home (MHCAH) has led a Health Resources and Services Administration-funded (HRSA) program called <strong>Project COPD Connect<\/strong>, in Knox and Waldo counties in mid coast Maine. MHCAH has worked with Healthy Living for ME, an entity within the state\u2019s Agency on Aging, and team members across the MaineHealth system to support the project. The project goal is to reduce re-hospitalization and emergency department use among patients with COPD who experience frequent exacerbations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kristin O\u2019Mara, RN<\/strong>, has served as the program Nurse Navigator for over a year. Project COPD Connect has continually served a census of 10-20 patients in the region with varying levels of COPD severity and co-morbidities. Often, COPD is just one of many health challenges these patients face. For Kristin, the program has given her an opportunity to have additional clinical encounters with patients on top of her regularly-scheduled work within the MHCAH telehealth program.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cPartnering with patients and families through the disease course is a rewarding challenge. Unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of serious, end-stage disease that can be exceptionally difficult to manage. Having an extra set of eyes on the patient through this program has been an asset to those enrolled.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2014 Kristin O\u2019Mara, RN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This extra set of eyes can often make a world of difference. Just this last month, Kristin was introducing the newly-hired per-diem nurse navigator, <strong>Anna Mason, RN<\/strong>, to a patient in a rural area. As is often the case in home health care, a review of the patient\u2019s living arrangement was a natural part of the visit. Fortunately for the patient and their roommate, the care team from MHCAH was just in time.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately upon entering the home, both nurses recognized the smell of fuel. Due to the patient\u2019s numerous conditions and their roommate\u2019s worsening dementia, they were both unaware of the smell and potentially hazardous conditions within their home. Kristin and Anna acted quickly, alerting the fire department and removing the patient and roommate from the residence until the source of the leak could be located and addressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never really know what you are getting into when you enter a home. Needless to say, I am glad we came when we did\u2026\u201d said Anna.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:80% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 25px;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.225%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 25px;padding-right : 10%;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 10%;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: var(--awb-color2);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:1193.4px;margin-left: calc(-2% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"margin-top:15px;\"><h4 class=\"uswds-page-title page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Virtual Care at Home<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Telehealth technology helps MHCAH patients manage their health and stay connected to their care team through mobile devices such as tablets and cell phones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainehealth.org\/care-services\/home-health-care\/telehealth-services-home\">Learn more about the MHCAH telehealth program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:60% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 15px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 0px;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><i class=\"fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon icon-mainehealthIcon_Telehealth-K circle-yes fusion-text-flow\" style=\"font-size:88px;line-height:174px;height:176px;width:176px;border-width:1px;border-radius:50% 50% 50% 50%;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><\/i><style>i.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-1{ color: #b41e3b; 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