International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Promoting Optimized Health Care for Individuals with COPD in the Era of Telehealth

COPD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with an economic and social burden that is both substantial and increasing. However, many challenges are encountered in delivering preventive and therapeutic measures, including the COVID-19 pandemic and people living far from their healthcare providers and having limited access to services. Now, as a means to mitigate the risk of viral transmission for both patients and clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, many health systems have rapidly converted ≥70% of their outpatient visits to telehealth via phone or video delivery. Due to this, telehealth system has become a hotbed of research in recent years. This Article Collection provides a high-quality forum for interdisciplinary researchers to propose novel informatics methods for telehealth to improve patients' mode of visit and health conditions for patients with COPD.