Healthcare Provider

18 School based health centers in 5 communities in southeastern Connecticut. Provide primary care, urgent care services in elementary to high school. Provide individual, family and group asthma education.

CDS travels to local physician's offices on scheduled days to provide the convenience and cost savings of local specialized care at the GP level. We provide all materials, equipment/ supplies, and RRT to spend the one on one time that providers aren't afforded, thus decreasing the burden on the clinic's nursing staff.

Citrus County is the area served with a population of 140,000

Training in the interdisciplinary care of children with asthma/development of programs to better treat asthma

The Merck Childhood Asthma Network (MCAN) partnered with The George Washington University (GW) School of Public Health and Health Services, the RCHN Community Health Foundation and Rho to implement the Community Healthcare for Asthma Management and Prevention of Symptoms (CHAMPS) project in three non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC).This initiative in community health centers (CHC) is designed to demonstrate how tailored, evidence-based asthma management programs proven efficacious in controlled trials, can be implemented in real-world settings where many children and families most in need get care.