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Cardon Children's Medical Center Helps Pediatric Asthma Patients Manage their Condition and Stay Healthy at Home
Learn how Cardon Children’s enhanced its asthma care program with the comprehensive benefits of patient engagement when it opened its 248-bed pediatric tower in November 2009.
Asthma, the most common chronic childhood disease, affects more than one child in 20 and costs the U.S. more than $18 billion per year. Arizona has the nation’s second highest rate of asthma and Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., part of Banner Health System, is taking extraordinary steps to help its pediatric asthma patient population recognize symptoms and manage their condition.
Download the case study to learn how Cardon Children's nursing staff successfully use GetWellNetwork’s unique pediatric solution, GetWell Town™, and award-winning educational video content from KidsHealth® to:
- Help patients and their families learn about and manage their condition
- Ensure that all phases of pediatric asthma education are completed before discharge
- Engage patients in a Home Management Plan of Care (HMPC) to reduce hospital readmissions