COVID Lung Function Test Survey

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is a 501(c)3 non-profit seeking to improve patient safety by reducing adverse events and malpractice claims through the application of currently available knowledge and technology. We advance patient health and safety by developing and highlighting best practices and recommendations through better use and application of clinical practices and experiences, information technologies and checklists, and healthcare information.

As part of our initiative to help patients during COVID, please complete this brief survey to help us better understand whether you have been recommending lung function testing during COVID and how you believe lung function testing can be improved.

This survey is only for clinicians.

Your responses are voluntary and will be confidential. Responses will not be identified individually. All responses will be compiled together and analyzed as a group. We respect your privacy and do not tolerate spam and will never sell, rent, lease, or give away your information (name, address, email, etc.) to any third party.

Complete the survey to be entered for a chance to win a $50 Starbucks gift card! Enter your email address at the end of the survey. The winner will be chosen at random and will be notified by email.

Please complete the survey by the end of business ET time, September 15, 2020.

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* 1. In what medical discipline is your principal training:

Doctor

Nurse

Respiratory therapist

Pharmacist

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What best describes your medical practice area:

Pulmonologist

Critical care

Emergency care

Respiratory care

Primary care

Radiology/imaging

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How would you best describe your medical practice:

Private practice or clinic

Hospital non-teaching

Teaching hospital

Academia

Other (please describe)

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* 4. Have you recommended patients receive a lung function test during this COVID pandemic

Frequently

Occasionally

Performing only essential testing (e.g. patients for lung transplant, surveillance for side effects of chemotherapy, surgical candidates, etc.)

Never

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* 5. If not, why have you not been recommending a lung function test (please check all that apply)

Concerned about the safety of administering staff

Deferring or re-scheduling testing

Helping patients to manage symptoms virtually or through patient self-management techniques

Other (please describe)

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* 6. What factors would make you recommend a lung function test during COVID or would improve lung function testing generally (please check all that apply):

A non-aerosol generating procedure

Software analysis of a currently available image of a patient’s lung

Test that measures lung dysfunction

Test that does not employ medications, gases, or radiation more than an x-ray

Other (please describe)

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* 7. What information/resources would you like to receive on pulmonary lung function tests (please check all that apply):

Guidance/best practices on keeping patients and clinicians safe when performing lung function tests

Accredited course on lung function testing during COVID

Knowledge about the latest clinical trials on lung function testing

Information on how to use imaging to perform lung function testing

Other (please comment)

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* 8. If you would like to receive a copy of the summary report of this survey and be entered for a chance to win a $50 Starbucks gift card, please enter your contact information (we will never sell your information)

Name

Healthcare Facility/Institution

Email Address