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Examining APP-Led Endobronchial Valve Therapy for COPD, with Haley Hoy, PhD, CRNP
Explore how advanced practice practitioners enhance COPD care through innovative models, improving patient outcomes and addressing rural healthcare challenges.
Advanced practice practitioners (APPs) can have a valuable role in pulmonary care and specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). One analysis looking into an APP-led care model for patients with COPD was presented at the 2nd Annual Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers (APAPP) conference, held June 26-28, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee, by Haley Hoy, PhD, CRNP, professor of nursing at University of Alabama Huntsville and nurse practitioner and transplant coordinator at Vanderbilt University.
HCPLive spoke with Hoy to learn more about her experience with APP-led care models and how these, in combination with patient-centered strategies, can significantly change the trajectory of treatment, particularly for patients being evaluated for endobronchial valve therapy in rural settings. She reflected on her experience coordinating care in a rural outreach clinic, where transportation barriers and limited specialty access often delay interventions, and emphasized that in some settings, APPs can accelerate diagnosis, streamline referrals, and advocate for appropriate treatment in complex pulmonary cases.
“I think both in outreach, patient education and patient advocacy are places where a PPS make a big difference,” Hoy said.
She also discussed findings from the analysis, presented in a poster at last month’s meeting, that examined how different coordinator roles shape the diagnostic process, care timelines, and team-based efficiency.
“It was interesting to be a little more granular in our approach as to, when it comes to an endobronchial valve clinic, how you can better utilize people working at their scope of practice,” she said.
