February. 2, 2022 — The Florida Asthma Coalition is honoring Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida for being recognized as an Asthma-Friendly Hospital. The award represents Golisano Children’s Hospital’s efforts to create a safe and healthy environment for their patients with asthma.

The Asthma-Friendly Hospital designation is a recognition designed to improve asthma management at hospitals by reducing health risks for asthma patients, prevent and minimize asthma-related ER visits and hospitalizations, and reduce readmissions for acute severe asthma exacerbations.

To earn this recognition, team members at Golisano Children’s Hospital successfully completed multiple criteria that focused on professional development for nurses, physicians and respiratory therapists on asthma management and the creation of an asthma action plan. They also updated educational folders that they give to patients and families who are admitted for asthma to make them more robust. The Golisano Children’s Hospital team also added new, kid-oriented videos to the learner iPads in the hospital.

“We are so proud of this accomplishment and all of the team’s hard work to make it happen,” said Holly Grimes, leader of the Golisano Children’s Hospital Asthma Champion Team. “This award is further proof of our commitment to providing only the highest level of care to our patients and community members.”

This is the second time Golisano Children’s Hospital has earned this Asthma-Friendly Hospital award.

Learn more about the Florida Asthma Coalition at www.FloridaAsthmaCoalition.com.

Visit www.golisanochildrensswfl.org for more information on the region’s only children’s hospital.

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