Phone Doctor Visits: They Work For Asthma Control!
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* Quality Asthma care depends on self-management by you – the patient.
* A large part of my role as your physician is teaching you these self-management skills.
* The techniques you will use to assess your breathing are:
* The Asthma Control Test – to track your symptoms.
* Your Peak Expiratory Flow – to track your lung function.
* We will “meet” regularly to discuss your self-assessments by phone rather than in-person.
* These phone visits and your frequent use of the Asthmaniac website are designed to keep your asthma controlled.
* Phone consults helps you avoid illness exposure and is more conveient than driving to sit in a waiting room!
Asthmaniac is based on the National standards for asthma care.
Those standards tell doctors to teach their patients how to assess their everyday symptoms and lung capacity.
Years of research has led to the creation of a solid symptom assessment tool (Asthma Control Test or ACT). This is a survey that you can complete yourself and then report to me.
Research has also shown that lung performance, or how well you are able to breath out (Peak Expiratory Flow or PEF), can be measured using a simple, pocket-sized flow meter.
In my Asthmaniac clinic, I will ask you to use a simple flowmeter to record your number several times each week.
I will teach you how to use this number in conjunction with your Action Plan to best manage your symptoms.
I use ACT scores in planning updates to your medications, dosages, and your Action Plan.
The great thing about having these two proven methods of assessing your asthma is that we can conduct our entire asthma appointment on the phone!
Yes!
On the phone!
That means you can get your Asthmaniac appointment on a lunch break, walking down the street, or wherever you are.
One place you won’t be is sitting?
A doctor office waiting room – waiting to catch a virus!
Phone appointments: a key convenience of Asthmaniac!
Grab an appointment and we can get your asthma care optomized!
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