Use the "Rule of Two" to Help Improve Asthma Care

December 2014

You'll see more focus on improving the care of asthma patients while also improving performance on quality measures.

Half of all patients with asthma have an exacerbation every year...leading to ED visits, hospital stays, and even deaths.

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Table of Contents

Opioids Try an NSAID Instead of Opioids for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Asthma Use the "Rule of Two" to Help Improve Asthma Care
Women's Health Explain IUDs are Covered Under the Affordable Care Act
Diabetes Consider GLP-1 Agonists...Including New Trulicity...as Metformin Add-Ons
Diabetes Remind Patients to Gently Mix "Cloudy" Insulins...Even in Pens
Corticosteroids Advise Patients to Report Psychiatric Effects With Steroids
Hepatitis C Watch for Acid-Reducer Interactions With New Hep C Med Harvoni
Influenza Save Flu Antivirals for Severely Ill or High-Risk Patients
Wound Care Don't Assume Expensive Wound Dressings Work Better
Antiemetics Reassure Chemo Patients That Oral Antiemetics Work Well
Antithrombotics Emphasize Daily Adherence With the New Oral Anticoagulants After Cardioversion
Infection Control Use Soap and Water After C. Difficile or Norovirus Exposure