1999 Partnerships Technology Games at PREVENTION 99

March 18-20, 1999

The Asthma Management Model System

The Asthma Management Model System (AMMS) was designed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s National Asthma Education and Prevention Program to help reduce the burden of asthma by improving its diagnosis and treatment. The AMMS is an interactive web-based system for physicians who want to provide the most up-to-date diagnostic and treatment methods for their asthma patients. The system provides physicians with the ability to formulate research questions and access key databases, retrieve the latest treatment guidelines and published literature, obtain continuing education credits, browse and download materials for professionals and patients, and participate in online forums and discussions. The AMMS has the ability to bring together several high-tech functions within one integrated system for those clinicians who are involved in asthma management. The system can be accessed through the NHLBI’s home page at www.nhlbi.nih.gov. Professionals who wish to analyze problems to long-term asthma management can use the research mode to formulate questions on what effect selected treatments have on a selected outcome in asthma patients for whom selected conditions or factors are known. The system searches such databases as MEDLINE, CRISP, and CORDIS, and documents from Federal agencies like NIH, CDC, and FDA. AMMS users can also participate in online forums and discussions, including the Asthma Coalition Exchange, a national network of community-based asthma coalitions. In addition, users will soon be able to join a listserve to receive updates on new system features.

Live Healthier, Live Longer

Live Healthier, Live Longer is an interactive web site designed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s National Cholesterol Education Program to help people with heart disease take the guess-work out of lowering their blood cholesterol. The site can be found on the NHLBI home page at www.nhlbi.nih.gov and explains in everyday language what blood cholesterol is, why it should be lowered if it is high, and how to do it through lifestyle changes or cholesterol lowering medicines. Featured are activities to help people with heart disease eat less saturated fat and cholesterol; become more physically active; lose weight, if overweight; and stick with cholesterol lowering medication if prescribed by their doctor. Several creative and engaging sections are included. These sections and what the user will be able to do in each follows:

• Diet Calculator–calculate how much saturated fat, cholesterol and calories you should eat to help lower your blood cholesterol.
• Cyber Kitchen–select all of a day’s foods for meals and see a report of the amount of saturated fat, total fat, cholesterol, calories, and sodium for each meal and for the day compared with their daily dietary allowances; get some heart healthy recipes.
• Virtual Grocery Store–learn how to read food labels and how to recognize serving sizes.
• Cyber Café–get helpful tips on eating out.
• Virtual Fitness Room–discover how physical activity helps them stay healthy.
• Resource Library–browse practical tip sheets and helpful information about cholesterol-lowering medicine.

The Technology Games will begin at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 18 and end
Saturday, March 20 at 10:45 a.m.

Visit Table 18 in the Exhibit Hall to learn more about the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Contact Information

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2480
Bethesda, MD  20892-2480
Contact: Christine Krutzsch, Marketing
Phone: 301-594-1950
Fax: 301-402-2405
E-mail: krutzscc@gwgate.nhlbi.nih.gov
Web site: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov

Contact: games99@health.org       Updated: 04/02/01