title: There is an "app" for that: Designing mobile phone technology to improve asthma action plan use in adolescent patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Asthma burden affects mortality, morbidity, quality of life, and the economy. Written asthma action plans are standard of care according to national guidelines, but these plans are often not prescribed. The purpose of this project was to develop an asthma action plan application for smartphones.
  
  
  METHODS
  A development studio was consulted for support in developing a smartphone application to code the software for the asthma action plan and assist in the design process. During development of the application, a survey was conducted to assist in design of the application and functionality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All survey participants agreed that the application was easy to use, could be used without written instruction, and was designed for adolescents with asthma of any severity. Patients and providers mostly agreed that the app would help provide information about what to do in the event of an asthma exacerbation, and the application would be used frequently.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was consensus from both patients and providers that this application is not only functional but also helpful in the event of an asthma exacerbation. The project met the goal of designing a mobile phone application that would improve patient access to asthma action plans.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Odom
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Christenbery
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D040421:Cell Phone; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications / Q000639:trends*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012985:Software Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Asthma; chronic illness; education; interprofessional relations; role of advanced practice nurse; technology