Use cases · Specialist clinic · Primary care · Telehealth
Sexual history
Sexual health questions are personal, and patients often hold back details face to face, which can lead to missed tests or advice. Before the visit, TESSA asks in private and without judgement about symptoms, partners, protection, contraception, past infections and testing, so the clinician starts with an honest summary and can offer the right tests. It also explains what testing involves and how results will be shared.
At a glance
- Does
- Information gathering, Summarisation, Patient education
- Setting
- Specialist clinic, Primary care, Telehealth
- Specialty
- Infectious disease, Gynaecology, Urology, GP / Family medicine / Primary care
- Who
- Patient-facing
Also searched as
sexual history taking · sexual health clinic intake · STI testing · confidential sexual health questionnaire
Questions
What does TESSA do in sexual history?
Sexual health questions are personal, and patients often hold back details face to face, which can lead to missed tests or advice. Before the visit, TESSA asks in private and without judgement about symptoms, partners, protection, contraception, past infections and testing, so the clinician starts with an honest summary and can offer the right tests. It also explains what testing involves and how results will be shared. It does this through information gathering, summarisation, 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?
Each new use case is built and validated with clinical teams, on your own pathways and guidance. Book a meeting with us to start.
