for Asthma and COPD
Respiratory diseases are amongst the greatest causes of death and disability. They are often mis-diagnosed or not treated with disease management guidelines which can be overlooked in busy clinical practice.
By getting it right the first time, our decision support software solutions help guide healthcare practitioners through patient consultations without the need for specialist respiratory knowledge, resulting in improved healthcare outcomes and potential large financial savings to the NHS.
5.4 million people are currently diagnosed with asthma in the UK. More people have a diagnosis of asthma than all other lung diseases combined.
Statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate an increase of more than 33% in the number of deaths from asthma attacks over the last decade, yet plentiful evidence shows that around 75% of these deaths could have been prevented with simple improvements in clinical practice: recognition of severity and risk status, better use of corticosteroids, increased patient education, and improved routine management and follow-up.
Our Software Is Quick, Lean, and Focused.
LungHealth software provides a full, consistent, algorithm-guided consultation in line with current guidelines used to deliver both face-to-face AND remote patient review. It prompts clinicians to consider guidelines during patient reviews as they make patient care decisions.
Our software has been extensively validated in studies and provides an effective safety-net against misdiagnosis, prompting the user to consider potential co-morbidities and to tailor treatment according to their patient’s individual disease severity and symptoms.
By achieving accurate diagnoses and appropriate guideline management, LungHealth software allows practices to help their patients achieve optimal disease control and quality of life.
Our Asthma software incorporates embedded algorithms based on BTS/SIGN standards, to prompt and guide clinicians throughout a comprehensive consultation, aiding diagnosis and management (our drugs library is updated quarterly, and guidelines updated within 3 months of publication).Dr Biswajit Chakrabarti, Consultant Respiratory Physician
Software Features
Drive local prescribing policy by flagging patients who are not on locality recommended drugs
Implementation of NICE/GOLD/BTS/SIGN guidelines for Asthma and COPD
Hosted within the NHS HSCN Secure System
Generates a consultation summary which can be given to the patient
telephone or video consultations