Non-profit

Advocate Health Care consists of 8 acute care hospitals, 3 large medical groups, and home health care. Program goals include: Decrease percent of Inpatient re-admissions for Asthma within 30 days of discharge, decrease percent of Emergency Department re-visits within 3 days of last ED visit, Decrease rate of Emergency Department re-visits within 60 days of last physician visit, and decrease number of ED visits for medical group patients. The program follows a consistent approach that is consistent with the NHLBI guidelines throughout all areas of care. Improvement in outcomes have been significant.

The American Lung Association of Wisconsin’s mission is to promote lung health and prevent lung disease through research, public policy, education and community service.

The asthma management program at Children's Mercy Family Health Partners uses a unique approach to manage this chronic disease. Our certified asthma educators form special relationships with the primary care physicians (PCP)to help them implement comprehensive asthma management in their offices leading to improved patient health and reduced costs. The program consists of physician office education, disease-specific health coaches, data analysis and reporting, access to environmental assessment, stratified interventions, and provider incentives. Our program has empowered the providers to empower their staff and patients to self manage. By integrating these elements into a comprehensive health management program, we demonstrated financial and clinical benefits, including reduction of health care utilization and increased provider satisfaction and patient quality of life.