Use cases · Primary care · Specialist clinic · Home follow-up
COPD review and flare-up plan
COPD flare-ups are often noticed too late, once the patient needs hospital care. TESSA tracks breathlessness and symptoms with the CAT, teaches inhaler technique and the flare-up plan, and supports stopping smoking, so the team can see who may need an earlier review.
At a glance
- Does
- Information gathering, Patient education, Counselling, Triage, Summarisation
- Setting
- Primary care, Specialist clinic, Home follow-up
- Specialty
- Respiratory medicine, GP / Family medicine / Primary care
- Who
- Patient-facing
Also searched as
COPD review · COPD flare-up plan · CAT score · inhaler technique
Questions
What does TESSA do in COPD review and flare-up plan?
COPD flare-ups are often noticed too late, once the patient needs hospital care. TESSA tracks breathlessness and symptoms with the CAT, teaches inhaler technique and the flare-up plan, and supports stopping smoking, so the team can see who may need an earlier review. It does this through information gathering, patient education, counselling, triage, summarisation.
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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