Use cases · Specialist clinic
Preparing for other diagnostic tests
Tests get rescheduled when patients arrive unprepared. TESSA walks patients through preparing for tests such as a bone density (DEXA) scan, lung function test or glucose tolerance test, covering fasting, which medicines to pause and what to expect, and takes the safety and history questions beforehand.
At a glance
- Does
- Information gathering, Patient education
- Setting
- Specialist clinic
- Specialty
- Radiology, Respiratory medicine, Endocrinology
- Who
- Patient-facing
Also searched as
DEXA / bone density scan preparation · spirometry / lung function test preparation · glucose tolerance test preparation
Questions
What does TESSA do in preparing for other diagnostic tests?
Tests get rescheduled when patients arrive unprepared. TESSA walks patients through preparing for tests such as a bone density (DEXA) scan, lung function test or glucose tolerance test, covering fasting, which medicines to pause and what to expect, and takes the safety and history questions beforehand. It does this through information gathering, patient education.
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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