CRMS readily joined forces with Medical Care Development of Augusta in their application for a grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute that will enable the physician offices to put into practice proven evidence-based methods for asthma care and control.
This project was one of thirteen nationwide selected for grant funding.
CRMS has 4000 patients in the practice ranging in age from newborn to 104. Of those patients in the practice about 10% have a diagnosis of asthma.
The grant will fund Maine's Asthma Practice Improvement Project whose goal is to improve the care of those with asthma by working with rural medical practices in a learning collaborative model.
Maine has some of the highest rates of asthma in the country, and Calais is reported to have the highest rates of emergency room visits for asthma in Maine.
Calais Regional Medical Services joined Medical Care Development (MCD) of Augusta in their application for a grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Coordinating efforts for this grant are (l to r) Elizabeth Foley, Clinical Improvement Specialist with MCD; Andrea Driscoll, CRH Quality Management Director and Cammi Deschene, CRH Director of Practice Management.
