The use of clinical guidelines for the management of asthma can help improve patient outcomes and control costs. This article explores ways that managed care organizations can encourage physicians to ...

A new guideline has provided an updated definition of severe asthma along with new recommendations for treating the condition. Produced by a joint task force of the European Respiratory Society and ...

(HealthDay News) — Adding practice facilitation (PF) to other strategies may improve adherence to asthma guidelines in the primary care setting, according to research published in the May/June issue ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Asthma care in the Netherlands is divided between different health care providers, including respiratory ...

Representing a major revision, the rules say you should take into account both underlying disease and responsiveness to treatment. Since 1993, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has issued ...

The introduction of the Global Initiative for Asthma 2019 guidelines significantly improved treatment of children with mild asthma, according to one study. Increased registrars’ knowledge of the ...

To examine real-world clinician adherence to these guidelines, as well as agreement and self-efficacy, researchers analyzed data from the 2012 National Asthma Survey of Physicians. Adherence to many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Removing dogs, cats and secondhand smoke from the homes of patients with asthma may not be necessary if certain ...

The update includes new focus on monitoring asthma control as the goal for asthma therapy and distinguishing between classifying asthma severity and monitoring asthma control Emphasis is placed on ...

Breathing easier without limiting activities is the goal of new government guidelines that urge more attention to asthma sufferers’ day-to-day symptoms, not just their severe attacks. Some 22 million ...