title: System looks outside its own walls to find innovative way to cut kids' asthma admissions.
abstract: Atlanta children's hospital system initiates outpatient pediatric asthma disease management program to reduce inpatient admissions and ER visits while reducing costs. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta turned to the primary care physician community for front-line support in keeping mild asthma cases out of the hospital. By offering evidence-based practice guidelines, training for staff, and educational materials for patients and their families, the Partnership to ACE Asthma program is off to a running start. Learn how to set up a similar program.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics*; D002648:Child; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D019468:Disease Management; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D005845:Georgia; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000191:economics; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development