Accreditation/Credit Designation: Texas Children's Hospital is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Texas Children's Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

This program has been approved for a maximum of 8 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063

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, BSN, Pamela R Wood, MD, and Teresa Blake, RN, MPH. Moderator - Harold J Farber, MD, MSPH
3:00PM-3:30PM
Exhibits/Poster Session
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
3:30PM-4:00PM
Integrating Government Partnerships for Healthy Homes Brenda Reyes, MD, MPH
4:00PM-4:30PM
HoustonAir 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/ Breakfast
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, BSN
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/Poster Session
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 L Abramson, MD, PhD, AE-C, Harold J Farber, MD, MSPH, and Karen Meyerson, RN, MSN, FNP, AE-C. 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-2:30PM
Evaluations
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Revision to the brochure has been posted adn is available for download. Permission to copy and distribute. This program has been approved for a maximum of 8 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063
9/3/10 - Revision to the brochure has been posted and is available for download. Accreditation/Credit Designation: Texas Children's Hospital is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Texas Children's Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activit
08/07/10 - Revisions to agenda and brochure have been posted to this event. Download of updates are available and current. 08/11/10 - Texas Children's Hospital Map is available for download.
ACT 2010 Annual Meeting Agenda and Brochure are in pdf format for downloading. Permission to copy and distribute.