Abstract: Methods and systems are provided according to example embodiments of the present invention to provide an electronic asthma action plan/decision support tool as part of an electronic medical record system and to provide a guide to best practices, narrow the complexity of choices, and assist in selecting the appropriate therapy. In some embodiments, such an electronic asthma action plan/decision support tool may provide rapid determination of peak flow expectations; assessment of asthma severity or control; the ability to satisfy asthma appropriate care expectations; provision of guideline-based decision support; electronic prescribing; and generation of an individualized asthma action plan patient handout to support self-management.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to facilitate the identification and connection of unique, relevant, and personalized healthcare and social service resources in a distributed user community in an automated manner to support and improve the health of communities. A method is provided that at least includes aggregating data about a plurality of community healthcare and social service resources, wherein resource profiles are generated for each of the plurality of community resources; generating user profiles for one or more community users, wherein the user profiles comprise indications of needs and preferences for the one or more community users in regard to healthcare and social services; receiving a query from one of the community users regarding a need for healthcare or social services; and generating a list of recommendations from the community resources based on the query and the user profile of the one of the community users. A corresponding system is also provided.