COPD Management Screen

The COPD Management Screen app is designed as an interactive screen for the management of patients with COPD. It brings all standard aspects of COPD management together in one place which can be very beneficial especially for COPD Clinics when used in conjunction with the Appointments worklist. The COPD Management App can be accessed from either:

• Apps Controller, or
• Consultation Manager - Apps.

For the following data, click on the icon to add data or the list to view data already recorded:

• Add Appointment / Future Appointments
• Add Task / Outstanding tasks
• Open Mail Manager / Recent mail since last consultation
• Add Recall / Outstanding Recalls
• Add Referral / Referrals with an action date in the future
• Add Medication Review / Future Outstanding Medication Reviews
• View Medication / Repeat master reauthorisation due dates

The Background section displays historical information relating to the selected patient's COPD.

Right click or click to view, add or edit the following data:

• COPD Diagnosis
• MRS Breathlessness Scale
• Cough
• Red Flag for Lung Cancer
• Smoking Status
• Passive Smoking
• Height
• Weight
• Chest X-Ray
• Night Cough
• Time off in last 3 months

The Management section displays the information recorded regarding the management of the selected patient's COPD.

Right click or click to view, add or edit the following data:

• COPD Annual review
• Acute exacerbation
• Medication Review

The Record section enables you to quickly add the following data, click and enter the value as required:

• Peak Flow
• FEV1
• FVC
• FEV1/FVC
• Inhaler Ability - select from the available list
• Pulse Oximetry

Select Save to save values entered.

Select More within the Records section to display the Physiological Measurements screen:

To add data to the following, click and type as required:

• Temperature
• Respiration
• Pulse
• BP
• JVP
• Height
• Weight
• Waist
• Peak Flow

Select Save to save data and close Physiological Measurements.

You can view the data trends from the Trends for last section.

1. Select the time frame you are interested in by selecting from the available lists:

2. Ticks the results you wish to include:

3. The graph is automatically updated as you make your selections.

Use the following buttons to:

• Refresh Graph - Select to update the graph with any data added, edited or deleted.
• Print Preview - Select to display the graph before printing.
• Print - Select to print out the graph.
• Zoom - To zoom in on a section of the Trends graph, hold the shift key and click and drag over the area you want to zoom in on. Release the mouse key to action. Once you are zoomed in you can click and drag within the resultant zoom to move around the full graph
• Reset Zoom - Select to Select to display the full graph.
• Filter Medication - By default repeat medication is filtered to the relevant BNF chapters. Remove the tick to display all repeat medication, for instance to see whether medication not specifically prescribed for this condition is, nonetheless, having an effect upon it.
• Trends pop-up - Select to display the graph in a larger window.