Table 3.

Outcome Criteria for Improved Management of Asthma

1. Validating the value of televisit appointments for managing asthma care in the pediatric clinical setting through 1.1. Patient care improvements as reflected in the patient/parent learning and change in skills in managing the child’s asthma 1.1.1. Fewer beta-agonist medication refills 1.1.2. Fewer hospitalizations 1.1.3. Fewer emergency room visits 1.1.4. An increase in prescriptions for inhaled corticosteroids

2. Demonstrating that the management of pediatric asthma as a chronic disease can be more effective using the Televisit model through 2.1. Fewer beta-agonist medication refills 2.2. Fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits 2.3. More completed asthma action plans 2.4. Fewer office visits for acute asthma 2.5. Fewer prescriptions for steroid “bursts”

3. Identifying televisits as a health promotion that supports behaviors essential to the televisit’s success 3.1. Positive patient satisfaction survey

4. Evaluating provider compliance with implementing National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes asthma guidelines through the provision of a multifaceted approach to patient education and the control of environmental factors or comorbid conditions that affect asthma 4.1. Documentation of the distribution of asthma medication administration and monitoring devices: spacers 4.2. Documentation of a completed asthma action plan, allergy action plan, and/or medication authorization letter as needed