Skip Navigation

U.S. Department of Health & Human ServicesLink to www.hhs.gov
OMH Home

En Español
The Office of Minority Health (Phone: 1-800-444-6472)
About OMH
Our Services
Campaigns/Initiatives
Press Releases
Calendar
Employment
Publications
Federal Clearinghouses
Research
OPHS Home
Image of a person asking a questionNeed Help?
Contact Us


Aids.gov - Access to U.S. Government HIV and AIDS information

To find HIV Test Centers near you Text: Your Zip Code To: KnowIt (566948) www.hivtest.org

HIV/AIDS Awareness Days
Join Our Mailing ListJoin Our Mailing List
Click to sign up


Content Browser

The following represents the content we have available in this category:
  
External linkpdf file Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action
Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action and this accompanying Workbook are learning tools for all State officials who want to improve the quality of health care for people with asthma in their States. Using State level data on asthma care, this Resource Guide is designed to help States assess the quality of care in their States and fashion quality improvement strategies suited to State conditions.
External linkpdf file Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in partnership with The Council of State Governments, released Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action and its companion Workbook. Both are designed to help State leaders identify measures of asthma care quality, assemble data on asthma care, assess areas of care most in need of improvement, learn what other States have done to improve asthma care, and develop a plan for improving the quality of care for their States. This new Resource Guide uses data from AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report and Web-based State Snapshots to help inform the Nation and States, respectively, about the quality of asthma care.
External link Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma—Update on Selected Topics 2002
For health care professionals, EPR--Update 2002 provides timely and updated information on several priority asthma topics covered in 1997's Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. The priority topics addressed include medications, including corticosteroids' role in long term asthma management in children, combination therapy, monitoring and prevention, and modifications to the EPR's Stepwise Approach for Managing Asthma. 2003.



You will need Adobe Acrobat® Reader™ to view PDF files located on this site. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat® Reader™, you can download here for free. Exit Disclaimer


OMH Home  |  HHS Home  |  USA.gov  |  Disclaimer  |  Privacy Policy  |  HHS FOIA  |  Accessibility  |  Site Map  |  Contact Us  |  File Formats

Office of Minority Health
Toll Free: 1-800-444-6472 / Fax: 301-251-2160
Email: info@omhrc.gov

Provide Feedback