Using non-medical technology to battle asthma That's what seems to be going on according to this story out of Yale University's student newspaper:
Asthma is responsible for 25 percent of school absences and is the most common chronic illness in children. With many patients suffering from asthma shuffling between care facilities, officials at the Yale School of Medicine hope a new project will improve communication between health care providers.
The University and a group of community partners have received a $1.2 million, three-year grant from the Electronic Records to Improve Care for Children with Asthma Project. According to Department of Pediatrics chair Dr. Margaret Hostetter, ERICCA will dramatically improve asthma care in the New Haven area.
It will be interesting to see if this helps. Watching asthma news over the past few months, I'm increasingly convinced that just giving people pharmacueticals and sending them on the way is not the best way to treat asthma. There's a lot more information that can help.
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