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“Oregon has been a leader in measuring our progress in treating asthma. We need systems that measure and support interventions in every clinic if we want to be successful in treating asthma”.
Nancy Clarke
Executive Director
Oregon Health Care
Quality Corporation
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Asthma Care in Oregon - What Have We Learned?
An Inside Look at Data from 2001-2005
A Roadmap for Population-Based Asthma Care
Asthma experts agree: Asthma is a disease that cannot be cured but can be controlled. The Guide to Improving Asthma Care in Oregon (the Guide) was developed in 2001 as a tool for health systems to improve asthma care.
Revised in 2005, the Guide describes how to assess population-level asthma care by using indicators based on national patient care recommendations. The indicators in the Guide are different from individual patient care guidelines in that they represent the most basic asthma care that an entire population might be expected to achieve. The indicators are realistic for a population but do not represent the ideal patient care that each individual with asthma should receive.
In this issue of the View, we present Oregon data based on the measurement of Guide indicators shared with us by participating health organizations.
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