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Application has been made to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.

TENTATIVE AGENDA
Friday September 24, 2010
11:00AM-12:00PM Registration
12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch/Ozone Theatre
COMMUNITY BASED EFFORTS
1:00PM-1:30PM Texas Asthma Burden Report - Texas Department of State Health Services
Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, MHA, DrPh
1:30PM-2:00PM Addressing the Needs of Inner City Children with Asthma: The Asthma Counselor Model.
Pamela R. Wood, MD
2:00PM-2:30PM Building a Successful Coalition
Karen Meyerson, RN, MSN, FNP, AE-C
2:30PM-3:00PM Community Based Efforts - Panel Discussion
Karen Meyerson, RN, MSN, FNP, AE-C, Barbara Langham, RN, Pamela Wood, MD, and Teresa Blake, RN, MPH.
Moderator - Harold J Farber, MD, MSPH
3:00PM-3:30PM Break
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
3:30PM-4:00PM Integrating Government Partnerships for Healthy Homes
Brenda Reyes, MD, MPH
4:00PM-4:30PM Houston Air Quality, Regulation and Legislation
Matthew Tejada, PhD
SCHOOL BASED ACTIVITIES
4:30PM-5:00PM Managing Asthma in a School Setting: The HISD Asthma Program
Teresa Blake, RN, MPH and Jennifer Ochoa-Vela, CHES
Saturday September 25, 2010
8:00AM-8:30AM Registration
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
8:30AM-9:00AM Asthma Care Management Program and Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano: What is
Effective Asthma Care Management within the Context of an Integrated Delivery System?
Barbara Langham, RN
9:00AM-9:30AM Applying Quality Improvement Processes: Improving Asthma Care within Infrastructures
Barry Lachman, MD, MPH
9:30AM-10:00AM Evidence Based Guidelines for Pediatric Asthma: Improving Quality of Care
Charles G Macias, MD, MPH
10:00AM-10:30AM Exhibits/Break
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA
10:30AM-11:00AM Advances in Medical Management of Asthma
William J Calhoun, MD
11:00AM-11:30AM If You Can Treat Asthma You Can Treat Tobacco Dependence: Strategies From the American College of Chest Physicians Tobacco Dependence Treatment Toolkit, 3rd Edition
Harold J Farber, MD, MSPH
UPDATE ASTHMA COALITION ACTIVITIES
11:30AM-12:00PM Building on a Foundation: Asthma Coalition of Texas Activities (ACT Tool Kit)
Barry Lachman, MD, MPH
12:00PM-12:30PM LUNCH/Networking
EDUCATION
12:30PM-1:00PM National Asthma Educator Certification Board AE-C: Asthma Education and Certification - Panel Discussion
Stuart Abramson, MD, PhD and Harold J Farber, MD, MSPH.
Moderator- Paul Kloppe, RRT, AE-C
1:00PM-1:30PM Implementing Asthma Education in a Hospital Setting
Kai Sanders, MA Ed
LEGISLATION AND ADVOCACY
1:30PM-2:00PM Engaging Stakeholders
Sara Dreiling, MBA and Jennifer Cofer, MPH, CHES, AE-C
2:00PM-2:30 PM Evaluations
Agenda is subject to change.
Revisions to previous agenda are highlighted.
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