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Pharmacotherapy

Quality improvement project to increase screening and referral for biologic therapy for patients with uncontrolled asthma

Patricia Davisa Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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, DNP, MS, RN, AGACNP-BC,
Alison H. Edie,b Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP,
Sharron Rushton,b Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
, DNP, MS, RN, CCM, CNE &
Krystal Cleven,a Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USAView further author information
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Pages 2386-2394 | Received 06 Aug 2021, Accepted 15 Dec 2021, Published online: 03 Jan 2022

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