Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has been established as a highly effective therapy for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is associated with improvements in exercise capacity, dyspnea, and quality of life (1). Despite these benefits, participation in PR is only 4% among Medicare-eligible patients with COPD, in part because of barriers including distance to the nearest facility, transportation, and an insufficient number of PR programs (2). The aim of telehealth PR, which uses

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