Promising peak flow diary compliance with an electronic peak flow meter and linked smartphone app

Journal article

As healthcare providers globally adapt/change their practices because of the ongoing global pandemic, a greater emphasis is being placed on remote/telemedicine diagnostic/monitoring models. To support such a model, especially for respiratory diseases-ie, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or interstitial lung disease (ILD)-it is essential that data are collected over a sustained time period. As such, the distribution of portable medical devices to patients' homes poses a significant logistical challenge. We present the user-centred design approach undertaken by a multidisciplinary design team consisting of product designers, design engineers, electronics/programming experts, and healthcare professionals to develop a postable modular peak flow meter

Authors: Antalffy, T; De Simoni, A; Griffiths, CJ

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Nature Research
• Journal: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19-19
• Publication date: 2020-05-08
• DOI: 10.1038/s41533-020-0178-y
• EISSN: 2055-1010
• ISSN: 2055-1010
• Language: English
• Keywords: Internet privacy; Flow (mathematics); Asthma; Medicine; Smartphone app; Emergency medicine; Smartphone application; Peak flow meter; Metre; Internal medicine; Multimedia; Medical emergency; Flow measurement; Computer science; Compliance (psychology)