Asthma Care Improvement Initiative

Location:
Dorchester House Multi Service Center 1353 Dorchester Avenue
02122 Dorchester , MA
Massachusetts

Program Type:

Other

Contact:

Giuseppina Romano-Clarke
617-288-3230
The Asthma Care Improvement Initiative's objectives are to improve electronic medical record systems, educate caregivers and children with asthma about the disease and engage them in a disease management partnership, and to implement an asthma care protocol reflecting the recommendations of the 2007 NAEEP guidelines.

Goals of the Asthma Care Improvement Initiative are:

1. To improve the electronic medical system to capture key data about asthmatic patients and generate alerts for medical providers.

2. To educate caregivers and children with asthma about the disease and engage them in a disease management partnership.

3. To implement an asthma care protocol reflecting the recommendations of the 2007 NAEEP guidelines.