Chair Schulman on digital medication administration system for asthma
Leniak explains the current medication administration form process is entirely manual. The initiative will build the form into the citywide immunization registry, allowing seamless digital delivery to the Office of School Health and improving medication access timelines.
Okay, how will case managers coordinate with school nurses, pediatricians, hospitals, and community providers to improve medication adherence and asthma control?
Thank you for the question.
So we are planning, as you know, the key to getting school-based medication administration is
Is through the medication administration form, the MAF form.
Right now, that process is entirely manual.
People fill out pieces of paper.
It's manual?
Oh, yes.
They have to, and then they have to, the family has to bring it to the nurse in the school.
So as part of this initiative, we are transforming that.
Digital.
Yep.
We are going to build in the asthma case management form into the
citywide immunization registry, which will allow doctors and families to fill out that form, and it will be seamlessly delivered to our Office of School Health, thereby significantly improving the timeline and ensuring that students are getting
the medications that they need.
Great.