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Coach McLungsSM, Facilitating Shared Decision Making for Asthma - Patients and Caregivers Perspectives [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Asthma is a prevalent chronic disease that is difficult to manage and associated with marked disparities in outcomes. SDM involves a collaborative process between patients and providers to make informed healthcare choices. Health IT solutions offer a potential avenue to overcome these barriers. Intervention/Instrument: Survey.

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Asthma with Dr. Sara Ellingwood

Louisville Lectures

Sara Ellingwood presents a talk on Asthma starting with its definition and phenotypes. She discusses making a diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management. For more information, see our citation page. After, Dr. Ellingwood ends with a discussion on when to refer. Disclaimers ©2015 LouisvilleLectures.org

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Evaluation of Primary Care Provider Utilization by Asthma Patients after the Implementation of Coach McLungsSM [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Significant disparities in asthma outcomes occur by gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Improved asthma outcomes are associated with effective communication between patients and providers, such as using shared decision-making. Population Studied: Patients with an asthma diagnosis aged 7-17.

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A Guide to Allergy Testing

Mesa Family Physician

You might consider testing if you experience: Sneezing and congestion Chronic cough or asthma Itchy or watery eyes Hives or rashes Digestive discomfort Frequent sinus infections Reactions to unknown substances These seven allergy symptoms are common signs your body might be reacting to allergens. Can Blood Pressure Affect Allergy Testing?

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Cough Monitoring Solutions: The Current Digital Health Landscape

The Medical Futurist

These could even make cough monitoring as common as step tracking to inform individual patients and provide doctors with deeper health insights. The power of cough information One question that will inevitably arise regarding cough monitoring is: why do it at all?

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

Many of the children you will evaluate during your shift are among the estimated 10 million United States (US) ED visits made by children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and croup, the most common pediatric respiratory conditions presenting to acute care settings.

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How to prepare for INI-SS Medical Genetics exam?

Tiny Physician

I googled for information from people who cleared this exam before to get an orientation about the exam. Each release is a storehouse of relevant information and the first edition of 2019 focussed on genetics. A couple of months back, I decided to appear for the INI-SS Medical Genetics exam. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any.

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