ASTHMA PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT CME

This Practice Improvement CME provides the tools to enable primary care teams to manage the care of patients with asthma using evidenced based approaches for diagnosis, management, and best practice therapies.  It also provides valuable tips for billing and coding to maximize reimbursement for providing evidence-based care.

Objectives - Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss the pathophysiology of asthma and associated small airway inflammation
• Describe NAEPP guidelinesrelated to diagnoses, recognizing asthma control and effective pharmacologic therapy.
• Describe the Asthma Predictive Index for diagnosing asthma in children under 4 years old.
• Demonstrate improved knowledge, application and interpretation of spirometry for  the treatment of patients with asthma.
• Defining asthma severity to meet ICD-10 requirements

Course Director - Anne-Marie Brooks, MD, Medical Director, Not One More Life, Inc;  Pediatric Pulmonologist

Joint Sponsorship - East Central Health District VI, Not One More Life, Georgia Department of Public Health Asthma Control Program

Accreditation - This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through CME University.

Questions? Please contact Tamiko Pickett 

Phone Number: (404) 651-5436         Tamiko.Pickett@dph.ga.gov