FT. WASHINGTON, PA. (PRWEB) DECEMBER 04, 2019

WASHINGTON, PA. (PRWEB) December 04, 2019 HGE Health, a healthcare technology-enabled services company whose solutions empower physicians to better manage their COPD patient’s symptoms, joined forces nearly a year ago with RespirCare, an operator of respiratory specialty clinics, to give Tulsa’s COPD patients immediate access to in-person care at times when the attention is most needed.

A growing and devastating disease, COPD is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. An estimated 12.7 million American adults are diagnosed with the condition every year and an almost equal number are believed to be undiagnosed. Hospital discharges related to COPD typically exceed 700,000 in the U.S. alone. The costs of managing COPD in the U.S. have been estimated to be nearly $50 billion annually, including $29.5 billion in direct healthcare expenditures, $8 billion in indirect morbidity costs and $12.4 billion in indirect mortality costs.

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