Congratulations to Dr Luke Daines and Professor Hilary Pinnock who have secured funding from Asthma UK/Innovate UK for their study, developing a technological approach to help primary healthcare professionals make an accurate diagnosis of asthma.
A difficult diagnosis
There is no single diagnostic test for asthma, making it challenging for clinicians to make an accurate diagnosis. Without an accurate diagnosis it is not possible to provide the correct management.
A more accurate, personalised and understandable diagnostic experience
Luke and Hilary’s project will develop a decision support system embedded in primary care computers to support healthcare professionals to assess the probability of an asthma diagnosis.
The decision support system will also aim to engage patients in the diagnostic process by encouraging screen sharing during the consultation.
Partnering with software and data experts
The funding from Asthma UK/Innovate UK will allow the team to partner with primary care software specialists, Tactuum, and data experts, Optimum Patient Care to develop the technology.
The study will begin in May 2019.
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