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Welcome to Your Healthcare Plus (YHP) a Continuing Education Web site! This Web site is brought to you by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, McKesson Health Solutions and the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians.

 
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Managing Childhood Asthma in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Program

The "Managing Childhood Asthma in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Program" presentation will discuss the prevalence of diagnosed asthma and asthma symptoms in children and young adults, will list the guidelines for diagnosis of childhood asthma and help providers evaluate appropriate use of pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic therapies for acute and long-term therapy in pediatric asthma.

 

About this site...

We are pleased to offer continuing medical education to help Illinois primary care providers manage Young doctor dressed in scrubs smiling.Illinois healthcare program patients. We understand your time is valuable, therefore we have developed easy-to-use CME activities that are timely and relevant to your profession. YHP’s CME activities can be viewed and completed through this Web site.

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Program Goals

  • Enhance the health and wellness of patients.
  • Work with providers to develop their program.
  • Reduce avoidable inpatient and ER use.
  • Increase the use of a medical home.
  • Promote adherence to drug regimens that are cost and clinically effective.
  • Increase the number of patients who receive care consistent with specific elements of evidence-based practice guidelines.
  • Provide technology and office support that allows better communication across all team members.

For more information on Your Healthcare Plus, or if you have comments and suggestions, please call 1-800-973-6792.

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Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
www.iafp.com

Your Health Care Plus (patients)
www.yourhealthcareplus.com

Your Health Care Plus (providers)
www.yourhealthcareplusdr.com

McKesson Health Solutions
www.mckesson.com

Illinois Dept. Healthcare & Family Services
www.hfs.illinois.gov

Illinois Health Connect
www.illinoishealthconnect.com

 

 

Program Overview

Your Healthcare Plus is a free benefit of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services designed to improve the quality of care and life for:

  • Disabled adults with chronic or complex health issues
  • Children and adults with asthma
  • High frequency emergency room (ER) users

The focus of the program is on promoting and sustaining the patient-physician relationship. This voluntary service is provided to eligible Illinois healthcare program patients at no charge.

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ABFM Credits for Diplomates

Two doctors in scrubs talking.Currently two of the Your Healthcare Plus activities have been approved by the American Board of Family Medicine as an external provider of Part IV Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians credit.

The Managing Adult Depression in Primary Care and Managing Childhood Asthma in Primary Care have been approved as quality improvement projects that would fulfill Part IV of the ABFM MoC. Approval for the other programs is pending.

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