St. George, Utah-based Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center opened its Respiratory Outpatient Clinic, St George News reports.
Here's what you should know:
1. The clinic specializes in treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiolitis.
2. Hospital administrators constructed the clinic to help COPD patients avoid hospital admissions. The clinic will offer patients educational resources to ensure they adhere to their treatment plans.
3. Clinic Manager Scott Daniels said, "Our highly specialized outpatient clinic can provide comprehensive and updated services to the patients we serve. This clinic helps reduce exacerbation of breathing conditions and hospitalizations by helping patients prevent, detect and address COPD flare ups without having to be admitted to the hospital."