Management plan for people with asthma

Patients for whom there is documentation, at any time during the abstraction period, that a written asthma management plan was provided either to the patient or the patient’s caregiver OR at a minimum, specific written instructions on under what conditions the patient’s doctor should be contacted or the patient should go to the emergency room:
Inclusions: Copy of asthma management plan on record OR written note by provider documenting having given the patient/parent/caregiver written asthma management instructions. Instructions can include when to use PEFR or change medications in response to a change in patient symptoms &/or when to contact a physician &/or when to go directly to the emergency room.