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Project Name
The Respiratory Acute Discharge (RADS) – benefits during COVID
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HHS:
Sunshine Coast HHS
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Initiative:
Model of care
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Presented by:
Mrs Jane Neill
RADS is early discharge and hospital avoidance service for patients who have chronic lung disease, particularly Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Early positive results and evaluation of the RADS service challenge the misconception that “patients who have chronic respiratory disease feel safer in hospital”.