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Improving Evidence Based Asthma Management In An Urban University Student Health Center, Hedian Cho Swanson
Improving Evidence Based Asthma Management In An Urban University Student Health Center, Hedian Cho Swanson
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The purpose of this project was to improve asthma management through focused staff education and training on national asthma guideline recommendations. The Student Health Center (SHC), located in a university in the southwest United States, performed annual reviews of asthma-related electronic medical records (EMR) in an effort to provide quality health care. These reviews used 23 quality improvement (QI) parameters extracted from the 2007 National Asthma Education and Preventive Program Expert Panel Report 3 (NAEPP EPR 3). The SHC QI findings were consistent with current asthma management literature indicating asthma control is often overestimated and undertreated. This project (a) provided …