Use cases · Primary care
Asthma action plan
Many patients can't use their inhaler properly, skip their preventer because they're worried about steroids, or don't follow their action plan. TESSA teaches inhaler steps and the action plan, answers concerns about steroid side effects, and checks what patients understood.
At a glance
- Does
- Patient education, Counselling
- Setting
- Primary care
- Specialty
- Respiratory medicine
- Who
- Patient-facing
Also searched as
asthma action plan · inhaler technique · asthma education · steroid inhaler side effects
Questions
What does TESSA do in asthma action plan?
Many patients can't use their inhaler properly, skip their preventer because they're worried about steroids, or don't follow their action plan. TESSA teaches inhaler steps and the action plan, answers concerns about steroid side effects, and checks what patients understood. It does this through patient education, counselling.
Does TESSA diagnose the patient?
No, TESSA never gives a patient a diagnosis. It collects and collates the information the patient provides, asks probing questions and performs risk assessment; a clinician reviews the summary and decides, and no diagnosis, summary or management plan reaches the patient until the clinician signs.
What happens if the patient mentions a warning sign?
Warning or worrying signs that require immediate attention or action go straight to the care team without alarming the patient. For time-critical presentations, TESSA supports the clinician only and is not currently intended for patient use.
How is patient information protected?
The patient surface runs on session codes, not names, and each institution's data is kept apart with a full audit trail. Our own Anonesia by TINYHealth is a proprietary software and code that removes PIIs, e.g. names, ID numbers and contact details from text before it reaches an AI model.
How do we start with this use case?
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