PATIENTS WITH chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) live with many challenges. These sites can provide patients with fact sheets, healthy-living guides, and support groups available in their area. Professional and family caregivers will also benefit from this digital content.

American Lung Association

http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/copd

Direct patients with COPD to the American Lung Association website to learn more about finding social support in the form of Better Breather Clubs. A two-page COPD Action Plan document helps patients discuss the disease with their primary care providers.

CHEST Foundation

https://foundation.chestnet.org/lung-health-a-z/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-di

The CHEST Foundation supports clinical research, patient education, and community service efforts benefiting patients with lung disease. Its website includes patient education resources, such as management information for both patients and providers and key facts and myths about COPD, and a shared decision-making toolkit. Much of the foundation's web content is also available for download in Spanish.

COPD Foundation

http://www.copdfoundation.org

This website has sections for patients, caregivers, family and friends, and healthcare professionals. Articles from the foundation's patient magazine, COPD Digest, are available online. Caregivers, friends, and family will find FAQs and healthy-living tips. Healthcare professionals can use this website to learn more about COPD, including current standards of care and recent research.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) website provides easily digestible information about COPD, its risk factors, diagnosis, treatments, prevention, and more. NHLBI promotes the Learn More, Breathe Better campaign for men and women over age 45 diagnosed with COPD to raise awareness about the prevalence of COPD and available treatments. The website also provides information on how patients can become involved in a clinical trial.