41
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Articles

Utilization of electronic portal referrals to a community agency for children presenting with an asthma exacerbation to a pediatric emergency department

, MBBSORCID Icon, , MPH, , PhD, MSWORCID Icon, , MPH, , BS & , PhDORCID Icon
Pages 307-312 | Received 07 Jul 2023, Accepted 15 Oct 2023, Published online: 25 Oct 2023

References

  • Lee MO, Sivasankar S, Pokrajac N, Smith C, Lumba-Brown A. Emergency department treatment of asthma in children: a review. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2020;1(6):1552–1561. doi:10.1002/emp2.12224.
  • Pate CA, Zahran HS, Qin X, Johnson C, Hummelman E, Malilay J. Asthma surveillance – United States, 2006–2018. MMWR Surveill Summ 2021;70(5):1–32. doi:10.15585/mmwr.ss7005a1.
  • Alpern ER, Clark AE, Alessandrini EA, Gorelick MH, Kittick M, Stanley RM, Michael Dean J, Teach SJ, Chamberlain JM. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Recurrent and high-frequency use of the emergency department by pediatric patients. Acad Emerg Med 2014;21(4):365–373. doi:10.1111/acem.12347.
  • Jones R, Lin S, Munsie JP, Radigan M, Hwang SA. Racial/ethnic differences in asthma-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations among children with wheeze in Buffalo, New York. J Asthma 2008;45(10):916–922. doi:10.1080/02770900802395488.
  • Ungar WJ, Paterson JM, Gomes T, Bikangaga P, Gold M, To T, Kozyrskyj AL. Relationship of asthma management, socioeconomic status, and medication insurance characteristics to exacerbation frequency in children with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2011;106(1):17–23. doi:10.1016/j.anai.2010.10.006.
  • Oraka E, Iqbal S, Flanders WD, Brinker K, Garbe P. Racial and ethnic disparities in current asthma and emergency department visits: findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 2001–2010. J Asthma 2013;50(5):488–496. doi:10.3109/02770903.2013.790417.
  • Al-Muhsen S, Horanieh N, Dulgom S, Aseri ZA, Vazquez-Tello A, Halwani R, Al-Jahdali H. Poor asthma education and medication compliance are associated with increased emergency department visits by asthmatic children. Ann Thorac Med 2015;10(2):123–131. doi:10.4103/1817-1737.150735.
  • Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Liu X. Asthma prevalence, health care use and mortality: united States, 2005–2009. Natl Health Stat Rep 2011;12:1–14.
  • Galbraith AA, Smith LA, Bokhour B, Miroshnik IL, Sawicki GS, Glauber JH, Hohman KH, Gay C, Lieu TA. Asthma care quality for children with minority serving providers. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2010;164(1):38–45. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.243.
  • Apter AJ. Problems encountered in improving care for inner-city children with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2001;86(2):147–149. doi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62682-8.
  • Hasegawa K, Stoll S, Ahn J, Kysia RF, Sullivan AF, Camargo CAJr. Association of insurance status with severity and management in ED patients with asthma exacerbation. West J Emerg Med 2016;17(1):22–27. doi:10.5811/westjem.2015.11.28715.
  • Mansfield C, Viswanathan M, Woodell C, Nourani V, Ohadike YU, Lesch JK, Malveaux FJ, Bryant-Stephens T, Findley S, Lara M, et al. Outcomes from a cross-site evaluation of a comprehensive pediatric asthma initiative incorporating translation of evidence-based interventions. Health Promot Pract 2011;12(6 Suppl 1):34S–51S. doi:10.1177/1524839911415665.
  • Woods ER, Bhaumik U, Sommer SJ, Ziniel SI, Kessler AJ, Chan E, Wilkinson RB, Sesma MN, Burack AB, Klements EM, et al. Community asthma initiative: evaluation of a quality improvement program for comprehensive asthma care. Pediatrics 2012;129(3):465–472. doi:10.1542/peds.2010-3472.
  • Hsu J, Sircar K, Herman E, Garbe P. 2018. EXHALE: a technical package to control asthma. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • Liberman DB, Pham PK, Semple-Hess JE. Social Emergency Medicine: capitalizing on the Pediatric Emergency Department visit to screen and connect patients and families to community resources. Acad Pediatr 2022;22(6):1049–1056. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2021.12.028.
  • Spencer-Brown LEK, Brophy JE, Panzer PE, Hayes MA, Blitstein JL. Evaluation of an electronic health record referral process to enhance participation in evidence-based arthritis interventions. Prev Chronic Dis 2021;18:e46. doi:10.5888/pcd18.200484.
  • Chambers EC, Wylie-Rosett J, Blank AE, Ouziel J, Hollingsworth N, Riley RW, Selwyn PA. Increasing referrals to a YMCA-based diabetes prevention program: effects of electronic referral system modification and provider education in federally qualified health centers. Prev Chronic Dis 2015;12:e189. doi:10.5888/pcd12.150294.
  • Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Excel; 2018. Available from: https://office.microsoft.com/excel.
  • Martin MA, Press VG, Nyenhuis SM, Krishnan JA, Erwin K, Mosnaim G, Margellos-Anast H, Paik SM, Ignoffo S, McDermott M, et al. Care transition interventions for children with asthma in the emergency department. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2016;138(6):1518–1525. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2016.10.012.
  • Martel ML, Klein LR, Hager KA, Cutts D. Emergency department experience with novel electronic medical record order for referral to food resources. West J Emerg Med 2018;19(2):232–237. doi:10.5811/westjem.2017.12.35211.
  • Shukla M, Carcone A, Mooney M, Kannikeswaran N, Ellis DA. Evaluating barriers and facilitators to healthcare providers’ use of an emergency department electronic referral portal for high-risk children with asthma using the theoretical domains framework. J Asthma 2023;13:1–10. doi:10.1080/02770903.2023.2257318.
  • Abraham J, Kannampallil T, Caskey RN, Kitsiou S. Emergency department-based care transitions for pediatric patients: a systematic review. Pediatrics 2016;138(2):e20160969. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-0969.
  • Chan M, Gray M, Burns C, Owens L, Woolfenden S, Lingam R, Jaffe A, Homaira N. Community-based interventions for childhood asthma using comprehensive approaches: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2021;17(1):19. doi:10.1186/s13223-021-00522-9.
  • Liu WY, Jiesisibieke ZL, Tung TH. Effect of asthma education on health outcomes in children: a systematic review. Arch Dis Child 2022;107(12):1100–1105. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2021-323496.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.