T/CAPC 016-2024 Outpatient chronic respiratory disease health management guidelines

Scope

Scope: Out-of-hospital chronic disease management refers to the part where patients continue to manage their diseases and use medications in non-medical environments after receiving treatment or diagnosis in medical institutions (such as hospitals). This includes purchasing prescription drugs at retail pharmacies, buying medications through online e-commerce channels, self-management at home, and receiving services at community health centers. This document mainly targets health management guidelines developed by retail pharmacies for two representative chronic respiratory diseases (hereinafter referred to as respiratory chronic diseases), namely chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (hereinafter referred to as COPD) and bronchial asthma (hereinafter referred to as asthma), to provide patients with respiratory chronic diseases and their families (hereinafter collectively referred to as patients) with systematic, standardized, and professional health management guidance. This document can be applied in conjunction with the current standard service processes and regulatory management frameworks of retail pharmacies. Main technical content: Retail pharmacies should provide long-term and sustainable health management for patients in the prevention and treatment of respiratory chronic diseases. This service should cover the entire process from when patients enter the store to self-management at home. Through various means, such as establishing patient files, collecting information, evaluating interventions, arranging delivery, providing medication guidance, patient education, and home follow-ups, retail pharmacies should provide patients with professional, convenient, and humanized health management. Through the above measures, retail pharmacies should assist patients in achieving the health management goals of improving treatment compliance, alleviating symptoms, reducing acute exacerbations of the disease, delaying the decline in lung function, and improving quality o

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