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Greenville Health System - Children's Hospital Center for Pediatric Medicine Asthma Action Team
The Asthma Action Team is a multidisciplinary, multilingual, familycentered program within the Center for Pediatric Medicine (CPM), the largest primary care outpatient clinic of its kind in South Carolina. Through significant collaboration with a diverse network of partners, the team provides medical care, case management, school/daycare visits and environmental control home visits for children and adolescents with asthma. The program is a 2014 AHA NOVA Award winner.
What is it?
The Asthma Action Team is a multidisciplinary, multilingual, familycentered program within the Center for Pediatric Medicine (CPM), the largest primary care outpatient clinic of its kind in South Carolina. Through significant collaboration with a diverse network of partners, the team provides medical care, case management, school/daycare visits and environmental control home visits for children and adolescents with asthma. The program is a 2014 AHA NOVA Award winner.
Who is it for?
Families with children who have asthma in the upstate community in South Carolina, especially those with limited access to health care
Why do they do it?
Asthma prevalence in the greater Greenville community is estimated at 12.8 percent, and asthma is the leading cause of hospitalization for children younger than 18.
Impact
In 2007, CPM patients with asthma generated emergency department visits at 855 per 1,000. By 2012, they had dropped to 267 per 1,000.
Contact: Cheryl Foster Kimble, RRTNPS, AEC
Program Coordinator
Telephone: 864-2208906
Email: ckimble@ghs.org
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