Katherine
Jordan,
MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Jordan graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 2014. She works as a pediatrician and is the medical director of UNC Childrens Primary Care Clinic in Chapel Hill, NC. She also serves as an assistant professor in the Division of General Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting more than 5.5 million children in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017; CDC, 2019a). Over half of children diagnosed with asthma are classified as having uncontrolled disease, leading to emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and missed school days (CDC, 2015; CDC, 2019b; CDC, 2019c). Adherence to asthma guidelines leads to reduction in asthma morbidity (NAEPP, 2007).
In one North Carolina pediatric primary care clinic, providers expressed a desire to improve the clinic’s asthma care…