Evaluating the EAPOC-COPD System

The EAPOC-COPD system consists of: 1) a smart phone / tablet app or Personal Computer-based questionnaire which collects information directly from patients upon prompting, up to 1 week before their clinical appointment; and 2) a point-of-care clinical decision support system that wirelessly receives and processes questionnaire data in order to produce a symptom severity/exacerbation risk assessment, medication change recommendation, and COPD action plan, all of which is made available to providers through a prompt, upon opening the patient chart in the existing EMR. Once approved, the personalized COPD action plan is automatically populated within the patient app/portal, enabling anywhere/anytime access for patients. Patients are also provided with educational resources within their app/portal, designed to improve health literacy, inhaler technique, and adherence to their action plan

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