Hospital-based asthma program targets physician education to reduce pediatric ER visits.
A home run--that's what physicians think of this pediatric asthma program. Evidence of its success includes a 40% increase in guideline use among physicians, an 85% decrease in emergency room visits, and a 78% decrease in hospital admissions. A baseball theme for educational efforts helps both doctors and their players (patients) score big.
D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D019058:Community Networks; D019468:Disease Management; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005845:Georgia; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic