Reducing COPD Readmission Rates: Using a COPD Care Service During Care Transitions

Edward C Portillo¹, Andrew Wilcox¹, Ellina Seckel¹+9

• ¹is a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, is Chief of Pharmacy Services, is Acting Chief of Primary Care and Associate Chief of Ambulatory and Specialty Care, is a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, is a Physician in Primary Care, is a Hospitalist, is the Northern Tier Clinic and Nurse Manager-Primary Care, is Chief of Respiratory Therapy, is the Associate Chief of Staff for Education and Ambulatory Care, is Associate Professor in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, is Chief of Staff, and is Chief of Allergy, all at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Affairs Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. Edward Portillo and Amanda Margolis are Clinical Assistant Professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. Christopher Hildebrand and Alan Bridges are Clinical Professors in the Department of Medicine, and Sameer Mathur is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.