In light of the many changes that the coronavirus pandemic is creating, on April 3, 2020, RAMP hosted a webinar, Virtual Asthma Home Visits to learn more about virtual asthma home visits, share resources, and try to solve challenges related to implementation.

The webinar featured Nikita Kachroo, AE-C, from Children’s National Hospital. Before the coronavirus outbreak, Nikita and her colleagues were already implementing a virtual asthma home visiting program. She shared lessons learned and challenges from her program. We also had time for participants to share resources and advice from their own work, and we provided a brief update about what we’re learning about the implications of COVID-19 on people with asthma.

The webinar recording is now available. Further below you can also review RAMP’s slides as well as the slides and a wide range of other virtual home visiting resources from Children’s National Hospital.

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• Webinar recording

• Additional resources:
  • RAMP slides
  • Children’s National slides
  • Final Virtual Home Visit Protocol 
  • Final Indoor Environmental Trigger Checklist
  • Final Patient Satisfaction Survey
  • Final Virtual Home Visit EMR Template
  • PFG Report Summary Final 
  • Recruitment Summary
  • DC Housing Letter

• If you’re interested in learning more about the home visiting program’s partners, see the following:
  • Yachad
  • Breathe Easy
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
  • Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI)

Here is some additional information relevant to the webinar discussion:

• The CDC provides guidance related to COVID-19 and asthma. We encourage you to check it regularly as this information is evolving.
• Some HIPAA requirements related to telemedicine have been eased during the pandemic, which may make it easier to conduct virtual home visits. See here for more details.
• For those looking for more general information about non-virtual asthma home visits, here are some select resources to get you started:
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Asthma Community Network
  • National Center for Healthy Housing
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine: Better Home Visits for Asthma Lessons Learned from the Seattle–King County Asthma Program
  • Community Preventive Services Task Force’s review of “Asthma: Home-Based Multi-Trigger, Multicomponent Environmental Interventions”
  • RAMP’s Leading the Way to Better Breathing: Managed Care Organizations and Asthma Home Visiting Services in California – a Tool for MCOs and Partners