INHALE is pleased to share details on a new, free educational resource American Lung Association (ALA) is offering through their Lung HelpLine, Lung Health Education Series.
Highlights of the program include understanding your lung health condition and recognizing early warning signs, building your support team, taking medications properly, using tools for daily self-management along with improving lifestyle changes and following good health habits.
Participants will be mailed educational booklets to use during the session calls and all enrollees will automatically be given access to the ALA’s Patient & Caregiver Network, which is a free nationwide, online support program providing direct access to lung disease management tools, education, and connections to other patients and caregivers.
Physicians and practices can join this educational resource initiative as a referral partner. In doing so, they will receive marketing materials as well as free education resources for the patients they serve. In addition, if they would like to integrate within their electronic health record as a referral, the ALA can set up a direct referral option or a bi-directional referral option.
For questions about the initiative, reach out to Patty (senior manager of health promotions at the ALA) at patty.inman@lung.org.
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