Health Professional Co-Design of an Asthma Clinical Decision Support Tool HTML Summary Computer-aided decision support has been successfully integrated into some areas of routine asthma care, including spirometry test result support, flagging those overdue for influenza vaccination, and improving quality of care by adherence to evidence-based guidelines. However, despite many clinical trials, there are currently no tools for asthma risk stratification currently endorsed for health professionals in UK clinical guidelines. Most research into decision support software design has attempted a ‘top-down’ approach, in which systems are developed and tested, and users are surveyed about potential improvements. In contrast, this project aims to identify potential pathways for computer aided decision support by consulting the end users from the very beginning. This project intends to involve practicing UK professionals who have treated asthma patients in exploring how to best integrate computer-aided decision support into routine asthma care, by asking them the following questions: Where in current routine practice do healthcare providers envision their care for asthma patients could most benefit from computer-aided decision support? What are the primary concerns and barriers that healthcare providers foresee hindering the benefit from computer aided decision support? How do healthcare providers prefer risk estimation be presented, both for their own assessment, and for health promotion purposes. How to take part Image If you are interested in taking part in this study, please contact Dr Holly Tibble (holly.tibble@ed.ac.uk). A researcher from the study team will contact you to invite you to complete a consent form and pre-interview screening form, which includes eligibility confirmation and the collection of some information about yourself, such as your professional experience and your demographics. The inclusion criteria for the study are as follows: Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study. Participant has been a practising UK professional for at least one year (at least 40% FTE). Participant has had consultation with at least one patient with confirmed or suspected asthma in the past six months. Interview participants will be remunerated £35 each, through a Love2Shop voucher issued by The University of Edinburgh. If you would like to discuss this study anonymously with someone independent of the study please contact Dr Ian Sinha, Consultant respiratory paediatrician at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool (Ian.Sinha@alderhey.nhs.uk). Image Key contact Dr Holly Tibble, Chancellor's Fellow holly.tibble@ed.ac.uk Funder The University of Edinburgh’s Wellcome Trust Institutional Translational Partnership Award (iTPA) £5k Springboard Fund (reference WT iTPA PIII077 SF) Timeline Start date: June 2024 End date: May 2025 Duration: 12 months This article was published on 2024-09-24
HTML Summary Computer-aided decision support has been successfully integrated into some areas of routine asthma care, including spirometry test result support, flagging those overdue for influenza vaccination, and improving quality of care by adherence to evidence-based guidelines. However, despite many clinical trials, there are currently no tools for asthma risk stratification currently endorsed for health professionals in UK clinical guidelines. Most research into decision support software design has attempted a ‘top-down’ approach, in which systems are developed and tested, and users are surveyed about potential improvements. In contrast, this project aims to identify potential pathways for computer aided decision support by consulting the end users from the very beginning. This project intends to involve practicing UK professionals who have treated asthma patients in exploring how to best integrate computer-aided decision support into routine asthma care, by asking them the following questions: Where in current routine practice do healthcare providers envision their care for asthma patients could most benefit from computer-aided decision support? What are the primary concerns and barriers that healthcare providers foresee hindering the benefit from computer aided decision support? How do healthcare providers prefer risk estimation be presented, both for their own assessment, and for health promotion purposes. How to take part Image If you are interested in taking part in this study, please contact Dr Holly Tibble (holly.tibble@ed.ac.uk). A researcher from the study team will contact you to invite you to complete a consent form and pre-interview screening form, which includes eligibility confirmation and the collection of some information about yourself, such as your professional experience and your demographics. The inclusion criteria for the study are as follows: Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study. Participant has been a practising UK professional for at least one year (at least 40% FTE). Participant has had consultation with at least one patient with confirmed or suspected asthma in the past six months. Interview participants will be remunerated £35 each, through a Love2Shop voucher issued by The University of Edinburgh. If you would like to discuss this study anonymously with someone independent of the study please contact Dr Ian Sinha, Consultant respiratory paediatrician at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool (Ian.Sinha@alderhey.nhs.uk). Image Key contact Dr Holly Tibble, Chancellor's Fellow holly.tibble@ed.ac.uk Funder The University of Edinburgh’s Wellcome Trust Institutional Translational Partnership Award (iTPA) £5k Springboard Fund (reference WT iTPA PIII077 SF) Timeline Start date: June 2024 End date: May 2025 Duration: 12 months
