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.
The Asthma Center provides informational, educational, referral and supportive services for asthmatic individuals at health fairs, health screenings and health related events.
Safety-net hospital focusing largely on indigent care and also providing some private care.
Program through our regional health system that serves three counties and serves children, 0-18 years with a diagnosis of asthma. Asthma education support extends from inpatient to outpatient settings, with referrals generating through ED visits, hospital stays, PCP offices, and schools.
Formed in January of 2000, the Coalition increases asthma awareness by providing educational opportunities and helping asthma sufferers gain better control of their breathing.
The Asthma Coalition of Northern Virginia serves the Northern Virginia area and provides many services, including Camp ASTHMAtopia, a summer camp for kids with asthma.
Counties Covered – New York, Queens, Kings, Richmond
Counties Covered – Erie, Monroe and Niagara
The Asthma Coalition of Los Angeles County is a collective, powerful voice for policy and systems change to prevent, minimize and manage the burden of asthma.
The Asthma Coalition of Mississippi (ACM) strives to eliminate asthma among Mississippians by promoting education, prevention, and management of asthma throughout the state. The coalition is divided into nine regional districts (corresponding to the state's nine Public Health Districts) each containing six work groups (advocacy/policy, community, data/surveillance, environment, health care, and school health).
The Asthma Coalition of Northwest Michigan improves the quality of life for adults and children affected by asthma through education, awareness and advocacy.
The Asthma Coalition of Texas works with health plans, health care providers and other asthma stakeholders statewide to provide education to health care providers and families of those with asthma.
The goals of the Asthma Control and Prevention program include increasing community awareness using public education; conducting asthma surveillance; developing policies which reduce the prevalence, severity, and limitations of asthma; and promoting and providing education for physicians and other health care professionals to diagnose and treat asthma more effectively.
The Rhode Island Department of Health Asthma Control Program provides leadership in the state to reduce hospitalization and ED rates due to asthma.
The Asthma Control Program in St. Mary's County focuses on children 2-18 years with asthma with the goal of decreasing emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and missed school days associated with asthma. The nurse makes a home visit to identify environmental triggers and provide remediation supplies, asthma teaching, and written follow-up to the patient's primary care provider, teacher, and parent.
Members with a diagnosis of Asthma or those using asthma pharmaceuticals are required to meet with a Nurse Health Coach annually, have an Asthma action plan, Pneumonia vaccine (applicable, and maintain medical and rescue therapy for incentive bonus and options for preferred health plan.
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