About Us

 

Mission

The Chicago Asthma Consortium is a coalition of medical and public health professionals, business leaders, government agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with asthma through networking, information sharing, education, and collaboration.

Purpose

The Chicago Asthma Consortium brings together the asthma community to improve the quality of life for Chicagoans living with asthma.

Goals

• Raise awareness of patients, health professionals and the public that asthma is a serious disease
• Promote a partnership among patients and health care providers through best-practice treatment and education programs.
• Facilitate a collaboration among healthcare professionals to identify resources available in the community to appropriately diagnose and better manage asthma.
• Encourage asthma patients, regardless of income, color, gender, creed, language or disability, to enter into continuing care by facilitating access to care.

History

The Chicago Asthma Consortium was formed in 1996, as a joint project of the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago (now known as the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago) and the American College of Chest Physicians to coordinate the activities of institutions and individuals engaged in asthma diagnosis, treatment, and education advocacy. The members of the CAC include local hospitals, clinics, family doctors, pulmonary specialists, community organizations and professional societies representing the front line service providers and recipients in the battle against asthma.