1. Children's Asthma Care Core Measures
Follow -Up
Team Membership
Dee Kaupie RCP, AE-C, NPS
Michael Wall, PharmD
Kathleen Webster, MD
Lindy Champa, RN
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2. Aim Statement To improve the quality and efficiency of care
To provide education for all pediatric patients
with the primary diagnosis of asthma
To utilize evidence based medicine and to be
prepared for core measures
To meet 100% compliance with each of the
JCAHO instituting Core Measures for Asthma
Use of Bronchodilators (relievers)
Use of Steroids (controllers)
Home Management Plan of Care (HMPC)
specific to the patient
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3. Background Most common childhood chronic illness
4-5 million children in the U.S. suffer from asthma
200,000 admissions in the U.S. annually
3 billion dollars in healthcare cost per year
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4. Promoting Awareness
Imagine if you experienced shortness of breath from simply being outside, changes in weather, exposures to animals, pollen, dust, molds…
Imagine what “takes your breath away” as not the experience of awesome beauty…but a frightening asthma attack
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5. Bronchospasm
Restricts
Exhalation
Airway
Tightness
Hurts
Action
Taskforce commissioned by senior executives to standardize care and enhance quality for DRG 98 (Asthma, Bronchitis < 17 years old)
Multidisciplinary taskforce assessed current evidence in practice
Developed standardized order set for children 2 through 17 years old whose primary reason for admission was asthma
Dee Kaupie, Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care
Coordinator, became certified as an Asthma Educator
to provide standardized asthma education for Pediatric
In-Patients given by MDs, RCPs & RNs
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6. Implementation of Standard of Care
Standardized order set implemented in Epic
Asthma Action Plan (HMPC) was developed and implemented via Epic
Standardized patient/family education in the proper self-care steps they should take in living with their asthma
Results:
Efficiency
Core measure outcomes
Bronchodilators (Reliever Medications)
received during hospitalization
Corticosteroids (Controller Medications)
HMPC as a separate document, specific to the patient and present in the medical record that contains the five core measure components: Use of Reliever medications, Use of Rescue medications, Avoidance of environmental triggers, Written information indicating when to take action, what specific steps to take, and contact information to be used, when an asthma attack occurs or is about to occur, Appointment for follow-up care with a healthcare provider has been made
Given to the patient/caregiver, prior to or upon discharge
Albuterol
Steroids
Trigger Avoidance
Home -
Management
Asthma Action Plan
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7. Analysis: LUMC performance has been at 100% since July 2007.
Definition: Asthma inpatients under 18 years with documentation in the hospital record that inhaled relievers were provided during hospitalization / all Asthma inpatients under 18 years.
Datasource: Original data extracted from LUMC charts by neonatal / pediatric respiratory care practitioner.
Analysis: LUMC performance has been at 100% since July 2007.
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8. Definition: Asthma inpatients under 18 years with documentation in the hospital record that systemic (oral, intravenous, or intramuscular) corticosteroids were provided during hospitalization / all Asthma inpatients under 18 years.
Data source: Original data extracted from LUMC charts by neonatal / pediatric respiratory care practitioner.
Analysis: Corticosteroids were missed for one patient in September This case has already been reviewed and feedback provided to clinicians.
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9. Home Management Plan of Care (HMPC) is available in the electronic medical record
Definition: Home Management Plan of Care (HMPC) is a separate, patient specific document present in the medical record and given to the patient/caregiver, prior to or upon discharge that contains all five of the following components: (1) Information that an appointment for follow-up care with a healthcare provider has been made, (2) Information on avoidance or mitigation of environmental and other triggers, (3) Include written information indicating when to take action, what specific steps to take, and contact information to be used, when an asthma attack occurs or is about to occur: Rescue, (4) HMPC included information on the appropriate use of controllers, (5) Included information on the appropriate use of relievers
Data source: Original data extracted from LUMC charts by neonatal / pediatric respiratory therapist.
Analysis: A team of physicians, respiratory therapists, and pharmacists are actively working to provide a useful care plan at discharge for all children with asthma.
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10. Conclusions Next Steps
Meeting goal for bronchodilators (relievers) and steroids (controllers)
Asthma Action Plan improvement:
Identification of formatting issues and improvement made to the HMPC template in EPIC.
Teaching tool developed for the pediatric residents to refer to in order to understand what the core measures are and where to locate and document the HMPC in EPIC.
No matter who, what or where
Every living being shares
In the rhythm of breathing
The free flowing tide of air
Next Steps
Develop universal Asthma Action Plan that can be used in the inpatient, the emergency department and the primary care centers.
Continue orientation of Asthma Education to new pediatric residents
Monitor the effectiveness of the asthma education by researching patient data.
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