Patients with COPD | Dr Su (co-PI) and Ms Tsao (pulmonary nurse practitioner specialist working with Dr Su) identified and recruited 4 patients from those they had worked with in the past as part of the Community Spirometry Program. We included one of these patients, Mr Low, on our study team. Staff from the site clinics identified an additional 6 patients with COPD. | 10 patient members |
Clinic leaders | Dr Thom identified and recruited leaders from the clinic sites for the study and from the leadership of the San Francisco Department of Public Health network of FQHCs through contacts within the network of FQHCs. |
Jennifer Coffey, NP Richard H. Fine People's Clinic
Lydia Leung, MD, medical director Family Health Center
Rosaly Ferrer, RN, nurse manager, Richard H. Fine People's Clinic
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Clinic staff | Members of the clinic staff were identified by clinic leadership and based on our study team's experience working at the study clinics on previous projects. | Tiffany Chin, medical assistant, Maxine Hall Health Center |
Health system leaders | Dr Thom recruited health system leaders. | Hali Hammer, MD, director of integrated primary care, San Francisco Health Network |
Pulmonary specialists | Dr Su identified and recruited pulmonary specialists from pulmonology, nursing, and respiratory therapy. |
Thomas Daily, MD, chief of pulmonary medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara
Eula Lewis, RT, respiratory therapist, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
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Patient education experts | Dr Su identified nationally recognized experts from his previous work on delivering community-based spirometry programs and participation in patient education and support. |
DorAnn Donesky, RN, PhD, assistant adjunct professor, UCSF School of Nursing; clinical specialist, patient advocate, California Lung Association
Chris Garvey, MS, FNP, manager and nurse practitioner, patient advocate, California Society for Pulmonary Rehabilitation, California Thoracic Society, University of California San Francisco at Mount Zion Sleep Disorders Center
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Health coaching experts | Through his work at the Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Dr Thom recruited colleagues with nationally recognized expertise in health coaching. |
Amireh Ghorob, health coach trainer
Tom Bodenheimer, MD, professor of family and community medicine; national expert on practice transformation and health coaching
Adriana Najmabadi, health coach, UCSF
Camille Prado, nurse practitioner candidate, research associate on previous study of health coaching
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