Asthma
The Connect Me Asthma [Secondary Care] Pathway has been developed to allow monitoring of severe or difficult to control asthma patients by their specialist respiratory nurse / consultant, to enable:
- Early identification of severe asthma patients and timely clinical review for those in most need, based on alerts created by defined objective measures.
- Patients treated with biologic therapies – demonstrate effectiveness / capture improvement and titrate based on objective measures.
- Improved care for those at most risk of exacerbation / A&E attendances by promoting self-management strategies and adherence to asthma action plan.
Who is the Asthma Service for?
This service is being clinically designed and developed in support of Asthma patients, specifically aimed for:
- Patients with a primary diagnosis of asthma
- Patients with increased use of healthcare in past 12 months
- Patients who have experienced one or more exacerbation of their asthma in the past 12 months, or have been identified at risk of exacerbation and/or
- Have had one or more hospital admission in the past 12 months related to asthma
How will it work?
- The service requires patients to submit a combination of peak flow readings, basic symptom survey and completion of a validated patient-reported outcome measure (ACT)
- It has been clinically designed whereby dependant on the patients answers they will be advised to contact either 111 or 999 with appropriate advice and guidance.
Asthma Service
We encourage clinicians and practitioners to explore and share the Asthma [Secondary Care] Service Pathway, supported by the Connect Me remote platform. The resources are designed to be simple and practical, helping both you and your patients to better understand their asthma, support self-management, and promote more informed care.
The automated monitoring service reviews responses and readings providing immediate feedback and advice specific to the patient helping them manage their symptoms in line with the Asthma UK Action Plan.
The Pathway Onboarding Process supports clinicians to onboard patients to the Connect Me Asthma [Secondary Care] Service.
The Asthma Pathway Operational Guide supports clinicians to understand the monitoring service patient alerts, the automated advice they receive, including rationale and considerations.
Visual flowchart resources to help clinicians support patients with the monitoring of asthma:
Although developed for patients, these resources are useful for clinicians supporting the use of the Connect Me Asthma [Secondary Care] Pathway:
The Managing Your Health at Home patient guide helps clinicians understand and explain to their patients the 3 steps to using the Connect Me Asthma [Secondary Care] Service via the automated monitoring service.
The Asthma Service Patient Guide helps clinicians understand how patients use the Connect Me Asthma [Secondary Care] Service via the automated monitoring service.
Find out more
Explore Asthma Pathway
For additional support please contact our support team Connect Me – NHSS National Virtual Consultation Service