Asthma

Use these tools to improve quality of care and educate your patients.

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ASTHMA RESOURCES
Clinical practice guidelines
	Management of asthma in youth 12 years and older and adults (82KB PDF) Applies to patients older than 12 years with persistent asthma. Includes recommendations for assessing asthma severity, controlling asthma and step-by-step management. Updated 10/2008
	Management of asthma in children 5 to 11 years (82KB PDF) Applies to patients between ages 5 and 11 years with persistent asthma. Includes recommendations for assessing asthma severity, controlling asthma and step-by-step management. Updated 10/2008
	Management of asthma in children 0 to 4 years (78KB PDF) Applies patients older than 5 years with persistent asthma. Includes recommendations for assessing asthma severity, controlling asthma and step-by-step management. Updated 10/2008
	General principles for the diagnosis and management of asthma (78KB PDF) Recommendations for diagnosing & managing asthma in patients of all ages. Updated 10/2008
Practice management tools
	Asthma action plan for children Help your pediatric patients and their parents manage their asthma by creating a written plan with this template. Adapted from the Pediatric Asthma Coalition of New Jersey's version.
	Asthma action plan for adults Help your adult patients manage their asthma by creating a written plan with this template. From the National Institutes of Health Asthma Action/Management Plan.
Web page	Best practice: improve equipment use for patients with asthma Learn how Forest Hills Pediatrics provides easy and convenient access to asthma equipment.
Patient education
	Is your asthma under control? (42KB PDF) Use this tool to engage patients coming into the office for asthma treatment by having them fill it out before their office visit. Follow up with education on asthma medication use and technique to improve patient compliance and control. Updated 03/2008
Priority Health programs HealthyEncountersSM - Asthma Refer your patients to case management services: 616 481-9701
Asthma links helpful for patients: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Asthma Initiative of Michigan Use the Michigan Asthma Resource Kit assessment form to monitor your asthma patients' care.

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