Program Management/Evaluation

The FlowBrush™ is a combination toothbrush and electronic spirometer. It allows people with moderate to severe, persistent asthma to measure their lung function (FEV1) each morning just after brushing their teeth. This FEV1 data is wirelessly transmitted via the Verizon national network to the FlowBrush database cloud for daily analysis.

When tracked daily, FEV1 readings can predict asthma attacks before they occur. If you or your child's FEV1 readings begin to drop, our trained asthma care coordinators will call and help you implement your asthma action plan or access medical care from nearby urgent care clinics or retail clinics.

The purpose of the FlowBrush Asthma Surveillance Telemendicine or FAST program is to help asthmatics initiate preventive care BEFORE symptoms become noticeable and expensive, emergency room or hospital care is required.

ARC's new Slideshare page includes recent presentations, webinars, and documents, including the following:

• Addressing Asthma and School Performance in Urban Children: Research, Education, and Intervention Efforts (webinar & PPT)
• Primary Prevention of Asthma: Developing a Road Map for Reducing Asthma Onset (webinar & PPT)
• Presentations from the most recent annual meeting of the Asthma Regional Council (PPTs)
• Conceptual map for the New England Asthma Innovations Collaborative
• Core Measures for the New England Asthma Innovations Collaborative intervention 

Content will be added regularly!

Following a brief, targeted educational intervention, pediatricians reported a significant increase in knowledge about environmental triggers of asthma and a willingness to incorporate exposure history questions and remediation recommendations in their routine practice. These improvements persisted at a 3-6 month follow-up interval compared to baseline levels. The findings were published in Clinical Pediatrics. The study was conducted by NEEF's Pediatric Asthma Faculty Champions using a standardized PowerPoint presentation based on NEEF's Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers www.neefusa.org/health/asthma/asthmaguidelines. 

Improving Pediatrician Knoweldge About Environmental Triggers of Asthma--Roberts JR, Karr C, de Ybarrondo L, McCurdy LE, Freeland KD, Hulsey TC, Forman J. Clinical Pediatrics 2013 June; 52(6):523-30