Does your child have severe asthma? Have you asked their specialist about biologics? (fb)

💡 Asthma research spotlight: reducing hospitalisations for children with asthma. There are well-established and best practice asthma guidelines in Australia. However, many components of the guidelines are not adhered to consistently in the healthcare system. This contributes to the high number of hospitalisations for children in Australia. The Improving Childhood Asthma Management (ICAM) Project in Victoria is trying to change this through a cross-sector asthma care approach. That’s why we are funding Katherine Chen, at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, to evaluate the ICAM project and provide the evidence needed to translate this widely into practice. “There are many opportunities to improve asthma care across the whole system including strengthening education, increasing access to regular proactive primary care visits, addressing gaps in guideline adherence and improving cross-sector communication.” – Dr Katherine Chen Learn more: (fb)