Quality Improvement

Wellapets - Asthma Education Pets for phones and tablets!

Wellapets is an educational virtual pet game for phones and tablets which teaches and motivates kids ages 6-11 to manage asthma by caring for a lovable pet that also has asthma. Wellapets is created by LifeGuard Games in Boston with pediatricians and other clinicians in the area.

In Wellapets, kids adopt their own Wellapet from the App Store, Google Play or Amazon Appstore, play games with it, collect gifts for its home and ultimately take care of their pet. Wellapets has been designed with clinician input such that care for the pet teaches kids what they need to know to manage their own asthma. 

Our educational content focuses on: controller inhaler technique and timing, trigger avoidance and symptom recognition and action according to an Asthma Action Plan.

We've been featured in MobiHealthNews, CBS, asth.ma and Bostinno!

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Alexander Ryu
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alex@lifeguardgames.com
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507-261-5938
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Diagnosis and Management of Asthma Tool Card

Quick reference card for health care providers on comprehensive asthma care

NEEF’s Diagnosis and Management of Asthma Tool Card is a convenient resource for health care providers. The 4”x6”pocket-sized reference card lists the priority recommendations from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program’s Guidelines Implementation Panel Report for the NHLBI’s asthma guidelines (EPR-3). The tool card also provides NEEF and NHLBI asthma resources for quick references on asthma diagnosis, management and control. Provides additional resources including information on environmental triggers.

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Jane Chang
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jchang@neefusa.org
Contact Phone: 
202-261-6475
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Comprehensive Asthma Resource List

Asthma resource list with clinical guidelines, toolkits, mobile technology asthma resources, multimedia and multilingual patient education resources for low literacy and limited English proficient populations and smoking cessation tools.

The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved  Comprehensive Asthma Resource List has everything you need to create an an asthma care home for your patients. In one location, you can find resources including clinical guidelines, patient education and self-management materials, policy briefs, asthma reports, clinical toolkits, mobile technology and asthma information, and smoking cessation and tobacco materials.

Many of the resources are available in both English and Spanish, and some in other languages, including Chinese. Also included are a variety of multimedia tools such as videos and interactive web sites. There are even links to asthma-related training courses where continuing education credits are available.

Contact Name: 
Lois Wessel
Contact Email: 
lois.wessel@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 
301-213-6733
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