Improving asthma care with Asthma-COPD Afterhours Respiratory Nurse at Emergency (A-CARE).
Si Yuan ChewJenneth Yue Ling LeowAdrian Kok Wai ChanJing Jing ChanKenneth Boon Kiat TanButta AmanDonna TanMariko Siyue KohPublished in: BMJ open quality (2021)
Sustained improvements in the adherence rates to guidelines were achieved for patients reviewed by A-CARE but were limited in overall impact due to suboptimal referral rate. We plan to improve the quality of asthma care by implementing further PDSA cycles to increase the referral rates to A-CARE.
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