TY - JOUR T1 - Asthma Disease Management and the Respiratory Therapist JF - Respiratory Care SP - 770 LP - 777 VL - 53 IS - 6 AU - Thomas J Kallstrom AU - Timothy R Myers Y1 - 2008/06/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/53/6/770.abstract N2 - 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. ER -