Methods: We used a retrospective cohort design to analyze 2 years of baseline data for
asthma patient encounters. Providers were classified based on guideline adherence. We …

Background Little is known about the longitudinal change in the quality of acute asthma care
for hospitalized children and adults in the United States. We investigated whether the …

BACKGROUND: Asthma triggers> 775 000 emergency department (ED) visits for children
each year. Approximately 80% of these visits occur in community EDs. We performed this …

BACKGROUND: Standardized pediatric asthma care has been shown to improve measures
in specific hospital areas, but to our knowledge, the implementation of an asthma clinical …

Objective: Asthma is a leading cause of pediatric emergency department (ED) use.
Optimizing asthma outcomes is a goal of Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) and its …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Asthma exacerbation is a common and often
preventable cause of Emergency Department (ED) utilization. Children eligible for Medicaid …

Objective To assess whether disparities in asthma care and outcomes based on insurance
type existed before a national quality improvement (QI) collaborative, and to determine the …

OBJECTIVE. Communication barriers between parents of children with asthma and clinical
emergency department (ED) providers and subsequent underrecognition of chronicity and …

As health care in the United States moves from quantity to quality, unwarranted practice
variation has become a natural target for those wishing to improve care. Variation in provider …

Critics of the use of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in an emergency department (ED)
setting believe that they are too cumbersome and time‐consuming, but to the best of the …