Digitally Supported Self-management Program for Patients With Asthma in Secondary Care: a Pilot Study

The Astmakompas platform consists of a patient app, a portal for HCPs, and a wireless spirometer connected to the patient app. The patient app combines monitoring with self-management tools, and provides a portal to present these data as well as to communicate with their HCP. Patients' monitoring data is linked to their personalized digital action plan, including self-management strategies and treatment recommendations based on the latest international treatment guidelines. The action plan aims to increase patients' awareness of their symptoms and/or the severity of their symptoms, as well as their corresponding adverse effects. When patients' monitoring results show a deterioration of asthma control, HCPs receive smart notifications. Patient data can thereby serve as direct input in the consultations with the HCP, or they can proactively offer as-needed support. Patients are able to ask non-critical asthma-related questions to their HCP through a chat function of the application.