New approach to lung disease attracts international delegation
9 February 2012
International health delegates from the State of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Cuba, Barbados, Bahrain, El Salvador, Columbia, and Sudan visited Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 7 February to hear about innovations in the treatment of chronic lung disease.
Staff from the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education & Training at Imperial, led by Professor Salman Rawaf (Public Health), learned how a new “care bundle” has helped patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the fifth leading cause of death worldwide.The theme was evidence based implementation support evidence based medicine.
The new approach has been piloted using quality evidence-based improvement methodology through projects funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for Northwest London, a partnership of academic and healthcare organisations directed by Professor Derek Bell (Medicine).
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