People with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have distressing
physical and psychological symptoms, often have limited understanding of their disease …

Objective To identify barriers and facilitators associated with the sustainability of
implemented and evaluated improvement programs in healthcare delivery systems. Data …

There is increased awareness of palliative care needs in people with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) or interstitial lung disease (ILD). This European Respiratory …

Introduction Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a
challenge in primary care and multiple barriers can limit implementation of COPD …

Background Role clarification is consistently documented as a challenging process for inter
professional healthcare teams, despite being a core tenet of interprofessional collaboration …

Background: Although guidelines recommend palliative care for patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, there is little evidence for the effectiveness of palliative care …

Background A year-long pan-Canadian quality improvement collaborative (QIC) led by the
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) supported the spread of the …

Two out of five Canadians have at least one chronic disease and four out of five are at risk of
developing a chronic disease. Successful disease management relies on interprofessional …

Background There is a current lack of research exploring the contextual factors of why and
how quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) work. To this end, a mixed methods study …

Abstract Objectives The Integrated Care for Advanced RE spiratory Disorders (ICARE)
service is a stay-in, post-acute care program for hospitalized patients with chronic …