Abstract
Office spirometry has been widely used in recent years by general practitioners in primary care setting, thus the need for stricter monitoring of the quality of spirometry has been recognized. A spirometry counseling network of outpatients clinics was created in Poland using portable spirometer Spirotel. The spirometry data were transferred to counseling centre once a week. The tests sent to the counseling centre were analyzed by doctors experienced in the analysis of spirometric data. In justified cases they sent their remarks concerning performed tests to the centres via e-mail. We received 878 records of spirometry tests in total. Data transmission via the telephone was 100% effective. The quality of spirometry tests performed by outpatients clinics was variable. The use of spirometers with data transfer for training purposes seems to be advisable. There is a need to proper face-to-face training of spirometry operators before an implementation of any telemedicine technology.
Highlights
Office spirometry has been widely used in recent years by general practitioners in primary care setting, the need for stricter monitoring of the quality of spirometry has been recognised
It was to serve as a tool for measurements performed by the patient, and data transmission was to help in monitoring the patients with asthma and COPD
We evaluated basic parameters of quality of spirometric tests performed at the centres participating in the project
Summary
Office spirometry has been widely used in recent years by general practitioners in primary care setting, the need for stricter monitoring of the quality of spirometry has been recognized. The tests sent to the counseling centre were analyzed by doctors experienced in the analysis of spirometric data. Office spirometry has been widely used in recent years by general practitioners in primary care setting, the need for stricter monitoring of the quality of spirometry has been recognised. Both international [1] and national [2] recommendations treat spirometry as the elementary additional examination in contemporary pneumonology
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