Value-based care platform Signify Health is building out its offering for in-home testing and diagnostics, the company announced on Tuesday. The program, which is offered to Medicare Advantage and ...

New study findings call into question the necessity of spirometry as a criterion for participation in palliative care research among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Quality ...

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...

The American Thoracic Society now recommends use of average reference equations rather than those based on race or ethnicity for the assessment of pulmonary function in clinical and laboratory ...

NORTHBROOK, IL, AUGUST 13, 2007 – Spirometry testing is a widely accepted and encouraged diagnostic method for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but new research shows that it is not used ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pre-clinic phone call reminders improved the number of patients with cystic fibrosis who submitted home ...

Use of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing has led to thresholds for what qualifies as impairment in populations.

PHOENIX -- Experts in lung diseases debated at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology here whether at-home spirometry tests and devices, which are now available ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mean FEV 1 and FVC percent predicted changed with use of race-neutral vs. race-specific equations. The impact of ...

Cough sounds carry disease-specific acoustic signatures. By analysing these signatures using an AI-based algorithm, the ...