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Page Updated 4/29/2002 (M)
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Center
for Health
Care Strategies, Inc.
Assessing Members with Asthma: The
Severity/Risk Mix
Managing members with asthma is a
significant challenge for many health plans. Poorly managed
members exert a considerable strain on the health plan's
resources. Keeping a member's asthma in control requires an
active relationship among the patient, provider, and plan. This
collaboration is vital to ensure that resources are efficiently
utilized and favorable clinical outcomes are achieved.
Charles Homer, MD, MPH
(September 2001)
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Medical
Lessons
on Videotape
Doctor Learns form the Lives of
Child Asthma Sufferers
Dr.
Michael Rich, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital in Boston,
is learning the implications of that key fact as he studies
videotapes from the lives of some of his young patients.
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Welcome to Asthma Models for Care:
 This section provides you with access to the
MCDIN/New England Chronic Disease Directory Models for Care database, a resource bank that details clinical
improvement projects across New England that have demonstrated improved
outcomes.
Search
the database for asthma models that work and link to resources to help you plan
and implement a quality improvement project for your particular healthcare
practice.
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Asthma Articles of
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For current clinical information on asthma, please visit
Medsape.
Registration is free and easy.
Managing
Asthma in the Emergency Department: Cost-Effective Strategies
Patients present to the emergency department (ED) with many different
asthma symptoms. The ED evaluation is focused on determining the severity
of the attack, identifying precipitating factors, and considering
alternative diagnoses.
Charles L. Emerman, MD, chairman of the
department of emergency medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Medscape, October 15, 2001
Asthma
Specialists more likely to follow NHLBI Guidelines
Asthma specialists are more likely to follow treatment guidelines
established by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's National
Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP), according to a study
published in the August issue of Pediatrics 2001;108(2):432-437.
Medscape Wire, August 29, 2001
Management
of Asthma in Children
James P. Kemp, MD & Judy A. Kemp, DO, San Diego, California
American Family Physician, April 2001
Asthma,
Children and School - from
InteliHealth
Advice
for Parents of Children with Asthma - from InteliHealth
Helping
Patients Take Charge of their Chronic Illnesses
Family Practice Management - March 2000
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