Document Type
A3
Executive Sponsor(s)
Lyn Faller
Publication Date
Summer 6-28-2024
Institution/Department
MaineHealth - Pen Bay, Adult and Pediatric Ambulatory Care
Abstract
Problem: Patients do not consistently know how to prepare, use and/or clean their inhalers effectively.
Impact: When patients do not consistently know how to prepare, use and/or clean their inhalers effectively they are in fact, not receiving the benefit from their prescribed medication.
They experience poor patient outcomes and overall poor patient experience.
- Increased calls to provider offices for unresolved, worsening symptoms and/or complications. (Thrush, hoarseness, cardiac symptoms etc.)
- Increased same day office visits.
- Patient crowding in Urgent Care and/or Emergency Department.
- Hospital Admissions.
- Increase in emotional and financial stress from missing school and/or work.
- Increase in referrals to specialists like Speech Therapy, ENT, Allergists, Pulmonologists and Cardiologists.
- Increase in time between referral to specialist and availability of appointment with specialist.
- Patient decrease in confidence in their treatment plan.
Recommended Citation
Collins, Suzan Michelle; Blake, Heather; Blodgett, Chandler; Vermette, Sue; and Eon, Martine, "PBPA Creating Pathways to Ensure Patients are Using Their Inhaled Medications Effectively" (2024). Operations Transformation. 61.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/opex/61
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