Initiatives / RAPID / Post-Acute COPD Evaluation Pilot
Post-Acute COPD Evaluation Pilot · ISP 2026005
After a breathing emergency, a clear next step.
Help adults seen for an acute breathing event complete needed COPD evaluation and connect to appropriate care, including evaluation for all guideline-recommended treatment options.
Why this program
The case for acting now.
Patients seen for acute breathing events often leave without the follow-up testing needed to identify or better manage COPD.
A post-acute pathway can identify patients who need further respiratory evaluation and connect them to testing and appropriate care.
Patients with severe or inadequately managed COPD may be missed without systematic post-acute evaluation and care coordination.
Who it's for
The people this program serves.
Adults seen for an acute respiratory event who show signs of COPD, or of COPD that isn't well managed, and may benefit from further evaluation.
Priority indicators
In their words
- “As someone who had an acute breathing event, I want to understand what may have caused it.
- “As someone with COPD, I want to know if my current treatment is enough.
- “As someone who needs follow-up care, I want help getting connected so I don't get lost after the event.
The journey
Every step, from start to finish.
Each Implementation Support Program finds what works and scales it rapidly. Here is the path this one follows.
What it involves
Barriers in, support out.
- Acute event treated as an isolated episode
- Limited post-acute follow-up
- Incomplete diagnostic testing
- COPD underdiagnosis or undertreatment
- Limited evaluation of treatment options
- Fragmented care coordination
- Post-acute respiratory assessment
- Primary care connection
- Pulmonology connection
- Navigation support and discussion aids
- Appointment help
What we measure
Every step, measured.
Also measured
- COPD evaluation rate of 25% or more
- Connection-to-care rate of 50% or more
- Post-acute identification and assessment
- Evaluation of guideline-recommended treatment options
- Time to evaluation
Timeline
16 weeks, from activation to impact report.
Timing depends on partner alignment and on governance, protocol and IRB requirements.
Our commitments
Independent and non-promotional.
The post-acute respiratory assessment supports identification and connection to appropriate evaluation and care. It does not diagnose COPD or determine treatment eligibility, and AHIS does not promote any treatment.
Implementation Support Programs are sponsored separately from AHIS campaigns, and every sponsor is named here once an agreement is signed. The program follows a defined protocol, run under AHIS governance and the MONARCH operating standard for implementation measurement. Sponsors may help identify implementation challenges, populations or outcomes of interest. Design, governance and evaluation stay independent. Sponsors receive aggregate, de-identified results only.
Overseen by the AHIS Board in Phase 1 of AHIS governance, and by the Implementation Advisory Committee from Phase 2. Impact reports are shared publicly, including what didn't work.
Get involved.
Become an acute-care implementation hub or a COPD care partner.
