Impact of a Novel Electronic Medical Record-Integrated Electronic Form (Provider Asthma Assessment Form) and Severe Asthma Algorithm in Primary Care: Single-Center, Pre- and Postobservational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite national asthma care guidelines, care gaps persist between best-practice and clinical practice, contributing to poor health outcomes. The Provider Asthma Assessment Form (PAAF) is an electronic asthma management and Knowledge Translation tool with an embedded decision support algorithm for severe and/or uncontrolled asthma, designed to support evidence-based asthma management.

Objective

In this study, we aimed to document baseline asthma practice patterns and determine whether the broader intervention of PAAF integration into a primary care electronic medical record (EMR) improves evidence-based asthma diagnosis and management.

Methods

We performed a single-center pre- and postobservational study at an academic Family Health Team in Kingston, Ontari

SUBMITTER: McFarlane ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12242708 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature