TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving Asthma Control through Asthma Action Plans
T2 - A Quality Improvement Project at a Midwest Community Clinic
AU - Akhter, Laila S.
AU - Monkman, Jeyn L.
AU - Vang, Gao
AU - Pfeiffer, Jeanne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2017/7/3
Y1 - 2017/7/3
N2 - This urban community clinic had poor asthma outcomes compared to the state of Minnesota. The standard of care supports an annual Asthma Action Plan (AAP). However, the majority of patients at this clinic had not received one. This quality improvement project aimed to improve asthma control, measured by an asthma control test of at least 20, through AAP implementation supported by all team members. The clinic’s interdisciplinary champion group implemented workflow changes via practice facilitation and Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. Asthma control rates increased from 23% to 58% in adults and 45% to 63% in children over one year, a statistically significant change.
AB - This urban community clinic had poor asthma outcomes compared to the state of Minnesota. The standard of care supports an annual Asthma Action Plan (AAP). However, the majority of patients at this clinic had not received one. This quality improvement project aimed to improve asthma control, measured by an asthma control test of at least 20, through AAP implementation supported by all team members. The clinic’s interdisciplinary champion group implemented workflow changes via practice facilitation and Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. Asthma control rates increased from 23% to 58% in adults and 45% to 63% in children over one year, a statistically significant change.
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U2 - 10.1080/07370016.2017.1340764
DO - 10.1080/07370016.2017.1340764
M3 - Article
C2 - 28767291
AN - SCOPUS:85026743534
SN - 0737-0016
VL - 34
SP - 136
EP - 146
JO - Journal of Community Health Nursing
JF - Journal of Community Health Nursing
IS - 3
ER -
