September 1, 2006
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Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital created a multidisciplinary team to develop an improved protocol for asthma patients in the emergency department (ED). The result was the addition of a dedicated respiratory therapist in the ED f ...
December 1, 2006
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Program Results Report
The Managing Pediatric Asthma: Emergency Department Demonstration Program developed and tested emergency department-based systems to improve pediatric asthma care.
December 1, 2006
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Program Results Report
Baylor College of Medicine collected information on emergency department pediatric asthma visits and studied the impact of an intervention to educate ED pediatric asthma patients and parents in managing the disease.
December 1, 2006
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Program Results Report
Emergency Department Allies brought together Children's Hospital and Health System and five collaborating hospitals to develop a tracking system to monitor emergency department pediatric asthma care.
December 1, 2006
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Program Results Report
Children's National Medical Center implemented an emergency department-based demonstration project to improve the care of children with asthma. The main focus was developing a clinic for repeat patients and their parents.
October 1, 2005
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Journal Article
Parents' and Physicians' Perspectives on How Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations Can Be Prevented
March 1, 2013
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Journal Article
Combining two evidence-based interventions yielded a reduction in asthma symptoms and health care utilization.
December 1, 2006
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Program Results Report
Emergency department staff at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu and three partner institutions instructed pediatric asthma patients and their parents in asthma management.
National Program
Initiative to reduce emergency department visits, increase reliance on primary care providers, improve adherence to clinical protocols, and improve patient knowledge of and compliance with therapeutic regimens.
December 1, 2009
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Journal Article
Children in low-income families living far from an immunization provider can miss basic vaccinations because parents lack their own transportation. This study examined how the availability of immunization providers affected vaccination rates among low-income children in Washington, D.C.