RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Asthma Disease Management and the Respiratory Therapist
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 770
OP 777
VO 53
IS 6
A1 Thomas J Kallstrom
A1 Timothy R Myers
YR 2008
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/53/6/770.abstract
AB The role of the respiratory therapist (RT) is expanding with the growing acceptance and use of the disease-management paradigm for managing chronic diseases. RTs are key members of the asthma disease-management team, in acute-care settings, patients' homes, out-patient clinics, emergency departments, and in the community. Utilizing RTs as disease managers allows patients to be treated faster and more appropriately, discharged to home sooner, and decreases hospital admissions. RT are leaders in the emerging field of asthma disease management.