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Each week of 2015\u20132016, the first 5 patients discharged with status asthmaticus from the pediatric wards were reviewed for documentation of the 6 asthma control questions and accuracy of the discharge controller therapy. Correct discharge medication was defined as being prescribed the age-appropriate medication and dose on the basis of baseline controller therapy, compliance with baseline medication, and responses to asthma control assessment. The weekly proportion of control questions that were accessed and correct controller medications that were prescribed were analyzed by using Nelson rules and interrupted time series.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 240 preintervention and 252 postintervention charts were reviewed. The primary outcome of the median proportion of patients discharged on appropriate controller therapy improved from 60% in preintervention data to 80% in the postintervention period. The process measure of proportion of asthma control questions that were assessed improved from 43% in the preintervention period to 98% by the final months of the intervention period. Both of these changes were statistically significant as per Nelson\u2019s rules and interrupted time series analyses (P = .02 and P &amp;lt; .001, respectively, for postintervention break).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>An interdisciplinary QI team successfully improved the accuracy of asthma controller therapy on discharge and the inpatient assessment of asthma control questions.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/hpeds.2017-0184","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,1]],"date-time":"2018-03-01T09:30:27Z","timestamp":1519896627000},"page":"127-134","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["A Quality Improvement Intervention to Improve Inpatient Pediatric Asthma Controller Accuracy"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Alexander H.","family":"Hogan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Connecticut Children\u2019s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deepa","family":"Rastogi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael L.","family":"Rinke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"2021120817284626200_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"452","DOI":"10.1016\/S0091-6749(97)70134-9","article-title":"Effectiveness of prophylactic inhaled steroids in childhood asthma: a systemic review of the literature","volume":"100","author":"Calpin","year":"1997","journal-title":"J Allergy Clin Immunol"},{"issue":"1","key":"2021120817284626200_B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"353","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2007-3273","article-title":"Inhaled corticosteroids and asthma control in children: assessing impairment and risk","volume":"123","author":"Rachelefsky","year":"2009","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"issue":"6","key":"2021120817284626200_B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"937","DOI":"10.1067\/mai.2001.115653","article-title":"Inhaled corticosteroids: impact on asthma morbidity and mortality","volume":"107","author":"Suissa","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Allergy Clin Immunol"},{"key":"2021120817284626200_B4","unstructured":"National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute\u2008National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. 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