Chair Schulman on Bronx Asthma Center coordination with providers
Dr. McNatt details coordination through the NICAN asthma network with FQHCs, CBOs, and faith-based organizations. The funding supports technical assistance to primary care practices in the South Bronx, creating an ecosystem across schools, primary care sites, homes, and the action center.
How will the Bronx Asthma Center coordinate with hospitals, primary care providers, schools, and community-based organizations in the Bronx?
Yeah, I'm gonna say a few words about this and then gonna turn it over to Lydia to share a little bit more.
So you asked about asthma centers.
Sorry, did you ask about the schools?
I said, how will the Bronx Asthma Center coordinate with hospitals, primary care providers, schools, and CPOs?
Okay, I'm going to call up Dr.
McNatt to the table.
Yeah, so we are coordinating in this work through a network called NICAN, which is basically the New York City Asthma Network.
This is a network of community-based organizations, provider groups, et cetera, who can help us to support individuals with asthma in the Bronx.
I'm going to hand it over to Dr.
McNatt to share a little bit more.
Morning.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, for the council members today?
Yes, thank you.
You may begin.
Good morning and thank you for the question.
We're excited to be able to talk about and center the Bronx Asthma Initiative.
And you're correct, there is a lot of collaboration that is and will be taking place across the South Bronx.
The work that we do with federally qualified health centers, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, as well as the Asthma Network,
help us to be able to implement the kinds of programs that the commissioner described, but also create an ecosystem that makes it easier for community members and families and their children to navigate asthma care within this environment.
And so in addition to some of the examples you heard from the commissioner, this funding will also be supporting our support and technical assistance to primary care practices in the South Bronx.
So we'll be working with dozens of primary care practices around how they improve the quality of care for children with asthma.
And so this is really an opportunity for a defined ecosystem.
Work is happening in schools.
happening in your primary care sites, it's happening in your home, and it's also happening in the action center that the commissioner described.
Thanks so much for the question.