We are conducting a study which aims to identify potential pathways for computer aided decision support in asthma care by consulting with health professionals – GPs, practice nurses, practice pharmacists, and secondary care respiratory specialists.
- Where in current routine practice do healthcare professionals 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 professionals prefer risk estimation be presented, both for their own assessment, and for health promotion purposes.
More information about the study is available on our study website.
If you are a healthcare professional interested in taking part in this study, please contact Dr. Holly Tibble (holly.tibble@ed.ac.uk). The inclusion criteria for the study are as follows:
- Willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
- A practising UK health professional for at least one year (at least 60% FTE).
- Consulted 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.
For our other readers, we would be grateful if you could share our tweet, or put us in touch with contacts who might be interested in joining.
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).
