Several ACU members were selected to participate in Collaborate for Healthy Weight, a national anti-obesity initiative that was recently expanded to all 50 states. The Healthy Weight collaborative is a partnership between HRSA and the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality and supported by the Affordable Care Act's Prevention and Public Health Fund. It is establishing innovative partnerships between public health, primary care and community organizations. Participating ACU members … [Read more...]
New – Comprehensive Asthma Resources
April 27, 2012 by
Clinicians! Patients! Interested in resources to help reduce asthma triggers in the home? Do you want to find out unique and successful ways to control your asthma? If so, look no further because the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved’s (ACU) Asthma Resource List is now available online. Here in one location, you can find resources including clinical guidelines, patient education and self-management materials, policy briefs, asthma reports, clinical toolkits, mobile technology and … [Read more...]
Health Disparities and Quality Reports Underscore Need for Improvement
April 23, 2012 by
Two new reports from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Healthcare Disparities Report and the companion National Healthcare Quality Report, show that during 2002 – 2008, health disparities stayed the same or worsened. The reports provide data on about 250 health care measures. Among the report findings: the percentage of current adult smokers who were advised to quit smoking showed no change. Earlier this year, ACU launched TobaccoFree with the goal of decreasing … [Read more...]
Scholarship Winner
April 1, 2012 by
Lynn Evans, a family nurse practitioner at Cabot Westside Health Center, in Kansas City, MO, saw an opportunity and took advantage of it. She responded to an invitation in this newsletter, applied, and was selected to receive a scholarship to attend a nursing informatics conference in Las Vegas in February. Lynn says her clinic implemented an electronic medical record more than a year ago. However, despite begin identified as a "super user" she hadn't received any additional training or updates. … [Read more...]
Respiratory Therapists: Key Players in Asthma Care
March 1, 2012 by
Carole Dorr, RT, is a Registered Therapist at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Lois Wessel, CFNP, ACU’s Associate Director for Programs and asthma project co-director, interviewed Carole to get a sense of her role in asthma care and education as part of a transdisciplinary health care team. Q. What kind of training do respiratory therapists receive? A. Graduation from an accredited Respiratory Therapy Program is required to become a Respiratory Therapist (RT); more … [Read more...]
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