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  • Healthcare Quality Improvement
  • Public Health

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  • Asthma is a leading chronic illness in children, presenting significant healthcare burdens.
  • Lack of standardized care in pediatric asthma management poses a challenge.
  • The Project BREATHE toolkit was utilized to address these issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance pediatric asthma care through a quality improvement framework.
  • To optimize patient outcomes and reduce healthcare utilization.
  • To implement a standardized care process for pediatric asthma patients.

Main Methods:

  • A transdisciplinary team developed a standardized asthma care process.
  • The process was applied to all admitted asthma patients from July 2020 to June 2021.
  • Monthly review of control charts assessed adherence and facilitated continuous improvement.

Main Results:

  • Inhaled corticosteroid prescriptions increased from 50% to 81%.
  • Subspecialist consults rose from 8.3% to 77%.
  • Emergency department visits decreased from 5.2% to 4.7%, and hospitalizations from 12.7% to 10.1%.

Conclusions:

  • A standardized, transdisciplinary asthma care process led to sustained improvements in pediatric asthma management.
  • The implemented care process effectively reduced asthma-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
  • This structured, team-based approach is effective for optimizing pediatric asthma care.