This population includes EPN patients under age 18 with a diagnosis of asthma. Our overall goal is to improve chronic disease care and influenza vaccination rates by improving education and follow up care in children with Asthma. Specifically we are looking to increase the following rates:
| Initiative |
Pediatric Asthma Initiative - Follow Up Care |
| Metric |
Appropriate Asthma / COPD follow up |
| Definition |
Patients age < 18 with a diagnosis of either Asthma or COPD having at least 2 office visits within 12 previous months
|
| Measurement |
Percentage of patients meeting the metric definition |
| Numerator |
Number of patients having at least 2 office visits within 12 previous months |
| Denominator |
Number of patients with a diagnosis of Asthma in their EPICare problem list |
| Exclusions |
|
| EPIC Support |
Monthly reports to be distributed to practices identifying patients overdue for a follow up visit
|
| Network Goal |
TBD |
| Initiative |
Pediatric Asthma Initiative - Influenza |
| Metric |
Influenza vaccination rate for pediatric patients with Asthma |
| Definition |
Patients age < 18 with a diagnosis of Asthma having received an influenza vaccination during the last influenza season
|
| Measurement |
Percentage of patients meeting the metric definition |
| Numerator |
Number of patients having at influenza vaccine during last influenza season
|
| Denominator |
Number of patients with a diagnosis of Asthma in their EPICare problem list
|
| Exclusions |
|
| EPIC Support |
Best Practice Alert appears and identifies patients due for influenza vaccine based on Asthma / COPD diagnosis Monthly reports to be distributed to practices identifying patients due for influenza vaccination
|
| Network Goal |
TBD |
Please return soon as we hope to have updated information and data regarding these and other initiatives.
