Care transition interventions for children with asthma in the emergency department

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• 作者：Molly A. Martin ; MD ; MAPP^a ; ^{mollyma@uic.edu} ; Valerie G. Press ; MD ; MPH^b ; Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis ; MD^a ; Jerry A. Krishnan ; MD ; PhD^a ; Kim Erwin ; MDes^c ; Giselle Mosnaim ; MD^d ; Helen Margellos-Anast ; MPH^e ; S. Margaret Paik ; MD^b ; Stacy Ignoffo ; MSW^f ; Michael McDermott ; MD^g ; for the CHICAGO Plan Consortium
• 关键词：Asthma ; patient-centered ; pediatric ; emergency department ; care transitions ; disparities ; care coordination ; education
• 刊名：Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：138
• 期：6
• 页码：1518-1525
• 全文大小：566 K
• 卷排序：138

文摘

The emergency department (ED) is a critical point of identification and treatment for some of the most high-risk children with asthma. This review summarizes the evidence regarding care transition interventions originating in the ED for children with uncontrolled asthma, with a focus on care coordination and self-management education. Although many interventions on care transition for pediatric asthma have been tested, only a few were actually conducted in the ED setting. Most of these targeted both care coordination and self-management education but ultimately did not improve attendance at follow-up appointments with primary care providers, improve asthma control, or reduce health care utilization. Conducting any ED-based intervention in the current environment is challenging because of the many demands on ED providers and staff, poor communication within and outside of the medical sector, and caregiver/patient burden. The evidence to date suggests that ED care transition interventions should consider expanding beyond the ED to bridge the multiple sectors children with asthma navigate, including health care settings, homes, schools, and community spaces. Patient-centered approaches may also be important to ensure adequate intervention design, enrollment, retention, and evaluation of outcomes important to children and their families.