PRagmatic EVAluation of a Quality Improvement Program for People Living With Modifiable High-risk COPD.

"CONQUEST supports primary healthcare professionals to diagnose, assess, and optimize the management of their patients with modifiable high-risk COPD, through the promotion of guideline-based care. CONQUEST will promote management according to four Quality Standards for the care of modifiable high-risk COPD patients. The Quality Standards can be summarized as the timely and appropriate: Identification of high-risk patient groups for assessment; Assessment of disease and quantification of future risk; Non-pharmacological and pharmacological intervention; Follow-up. CONQUEST program will promote adherence to these standards through the use of electronic medical record -based algorithms for the identification of high-risk patients and clinical decision support resources. All decisions regarding patient management are made entirely at the discretion of the clinicians and patients who together negotiate the preferred course of action during consultations."