MDH project to reduce environmental triggers of asthma shows significant cost savings and quality improvement

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

In 2006 and 2007, the Minnesota Department of Health’s Asthma Program partnered with Pediatric Home Service (PHS), an independent health care organization, to conduct the project. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RETA was designed to reduce environmental triggers of asthma through patient-specific asthma education from a certified asthma educator (AE-C) and inexpensive, uncomplicated treatments, such as high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) cleaners, pillow and mattress dust encasements and HEPA vacuum cleaners...

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