An Intermountain system-wide team of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Children’s Health experts created a new Asthma Care Process Model (CPM) to improve the standardization of evidence-based asthma care.
The CPM contains three age-based streamlined workflows which focus on the appropriate use of Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART) and placement of patients within the stepwise treatment plan recommended by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
The new Asthma CPM reflects the guidance for asthma treatment from the 2020 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and 2022 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). The SMART guidelines include:
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Other tools to help initiate and manage stepwise treatment:
- PowerPlans: iCentra PowerPlans for ambulatory care have been developed for stepwise treatment guidance for ages 0-4, 5-11, and 12- adult. They reflect the recommended stepwise medication combinations and dosages as currently recommended by NHLBI. Search: PUL ASTHMA
- Autotext: use ambasthma to facilitate documentation of PowerPlan usage
- Asthma Control Tables: 2011 Guidance from NHBLI regarding up and down movement within treatment steps
For more information:
- Asthma CPM Update Learning Link
- Contact Dr. Robert Silge or Dr. Derek Uchida with questions
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Heidi Thompson, PhD |
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Robert Silge, MD
Associate Medical Director-Allergy & Immunology Intermountain Health, Canyons Region |
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Marni Chandler, RN, MBA
Clinical Program System Executive Clinical Director Intermountain Health, Canyons Region |
References:
2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
2022 Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)