Champlain Lung Health Network
Lung health event - April 15, 2009
Invitation
Agenda
Press release
Question and Answer
Spirometry Sites - Champlain
Breathing Easier - A guide for Asthma and COPD Patients in the Champlain Region
What is the Champlain Lung Health Network?
The network was created in 2006 at the behest of Dr. Robert Cushman, the CEO of the Champlain Local Health Integration Network. The creation of this network marked the first time that patients, respiratory therapists, physicians, hospitals, community health centres and health organizations from across the Champlain region came together to improve patient access to lung health services.
Lung health services in the Champlain region are poorly funded and disorganized compared to health care services for other chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Perhaps this is due to the invisibility of lung disease; or to the stigma associated with tobacco addiction; or to the lack of public awareness about the long-term effects associated with exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollutants.
The Champlain Lung Health Network is committed to increasing public awareness about lung disease, and to improving patients' access to lung health services, including diagnostic tests, medications, education programs, treatment plans, smoking cessation programs, respiratory rehabilitation, and community-based and hospital-based services.
Who are We?
Patient Advisors:
Donald Clarke (COPD)
Douglas Cooper (COPD)
Larry Graham (Asthma and COPD)
Carmela Graziani (Asthma)
Inaugural Organizations of the Champlain Lung Health Network:
Canadian Cancer Society
Champlain Community Care Access Centre
Champlain Local Health Integration Network
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Cornwall Community Hospital
Hôpital Général de Hawkesbury and District General Hospital
Hôpital Montfort Hospital
Kemptville District Hospital
The Lung Association (Ottawa, Renfrew County, Cornwall and Area)
North Lanark County Community and Health Centre
The Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre
Pembroke Regional Hospital
Queensway Carleton Hospital
Renfrew Victoria Hospital
Somerset West Community Health Centre
