Advances in Management of Difficult-to-Treat Asthma: Overcoming Challenges in Rural and Underserved Settings

Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of primary care clinicians, registered nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses who care for patients from rural and underserved areas.

Program Overview

Asthma is a significant public health problem with a high disease burden. Increased emphasis on improving asthma care in the rural setting is particularly important given that individuals living in these areas have difficulty accessing specialty care due to geographic disparities and physician shortages. In this activity, expert faculty will discuss the use of asthma assessment tools, recent updates to asthma management guidelines, and biologic therapy for severe asthma. Strategies to improve personalized treatment and asthma self-management will also be reviewed.

This enduring activity is a recorded session from the 2nd Annual Rural Health Clinical Congress that took place on November 21, 2020.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

Apply evidence-based strategies to assess and identify asthma patients with suboptimal disease control
Develop a personalized treatment plan for patients with asthma based on current guidelines, recommendations, and clinical evidence
Identify appropriate therapy for patients with moderate-to-severe asthma based on patient preferences, phenotypes, and comorbid conditions
Discuss strategies for improving asthma care and management in rural and underserved settings, including self-management education and asthma action plans