Resources for Best Practices in Asthma Patient Care

1. National Guidelines for Asthma Patient Care:

• NHLBI National Health Lung and Blood Institute Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3)
  
  
• New EPR-3 Asthma Guidelines Summary
  
• Summary Report 2007 NAEPP EPR-3 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma,
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2. California Department of Public Health: California Asthma Public Health Initiative (CAPHI) Resources:

• Resources for clinicians and medical offices
  
  

3. Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Medical Providers:

• California Department of Public Health: California Asthma Public Health Initiative (CAPHI)-- Better Asthma Care for California Kids ; an innovative web-based quality improvement program for healthcare professionals that treat children with asthma. The free program includes instructional videos, resources for asthma education, tools to make it easier to use the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program asthma guidelines, and information on quality improvement in the healthcare setting. This program has been approved for up to 2.5 hours of CE credits for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and respiratory therapists.
  
  

• National Jewish Medical and Research Center: Case Simulations "Regaining Control of Severe Asthma"; developed by Expert Faculty (3/09). Requests for credit must be received no later than March 6, 2010.
  

• US Centers for Disease Control: ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Environmental Triggers of Asthma; illustrates environmental exposures to allergens, air pollutants, environmental tobacco smoke and workplace exposures that both cause and exacerbate asthma
  
  
• National Environmental Education Foundation Pediatric Asthma Initiative; designed environmental questionnaires to administer to
  asthma patients.
  
  
• National Asthma Educator Certification Board; the NAECB exam is a voluntary testing program used to assess qualified
  health professionals' knowledge in asthma education.
  
  

4. National Respiratory Health Professional Organizations:

• National Jewish Medical and Research Center; Physician Line
  
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
  
  
• American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)
  
  
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of American (AAFA)
  
  
• American Thoracic Society (ATS)
  

5. Asthma & Nutrition Resources:

• Bibliography Article on magnesium and asthma
  
• Slideshow

Additional Resources:

• Order Asthma Action Plans (English, Spanish, Chinese & Vietnamese)
  
• Find Patient Resources for Asthma Management