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General Information

The eAMS stands for the Electronic Asthma Management System. This is an app/web portal made for patients aged 16+ with asthma. You start by completinge a short questionnaire about your symptoms and medications (by yourself or with your healthcare provider), and this information is then analyzed and presented to your provider. Based on the latest Canadian medical guidelines for asthma care, your provider receives recommendations on how to improve your care. Sometimes, these recommendations will include new prescriptions for asthma medications. The system also creates what's called an "asthma action plan" - a personalized guide for what to do if your asthma flares up (see "What is an asthma action plan?").

Ultimately, our goals are to:
Improve the communication between patients and healthcare providers
and
Assist healthcare providers in providing the most up-to-date and best care for their patients with asthma

For all of these eAMS functions to work, your provider must also have access to the eAMS.

Our team has built the eAMS in such a way that it can be directly linked into the electronic medical record systems used by most primary care providers across Canada, and it can be used in any pharmacy. Many healthcare providers are already using it. If your healthcare provider is not using it, please direct them to our website, where they can learn more about it and contact our team to be onboarded to them. information sheet and show it to your provider.

We have built and developed the eAMS over the last 15+ years, with over 20 scientific publications supporting the various parts of the tool. In our clinical trial, w hen the eAMS was used in 3 busy family practice clinics in Ontario, there was a significant improvement in the quality of asthma care received by patients.

It's quick! It typically takes only 5-7 minutes to complete the questionnaire the first time.

After completing the questionnaire for the first time, you may choose to complete it again at a later date if your condition changes, and/or you may be asked to complete it by your provider. All prior responses will be saved, and you will simply have to confirm whether or not anything has changed.

An asthma action plan is a set of personal instructions for managing your asthma. Depending on the symptoms you are experiencing, your asthma may fall into 1 of 3 categories in your action plan:

  1. Green zone (when you have good control of your asthma)
  2. Yellow zone (when your asthma is flaring up)
  3. Red zone (when you are having a dangerous asthma attack)

Your asthma action plan will tell you what to look out for in each zone and what you should do when you are in each zone. Most importantly, when your asthma is flaring and you are in the yellow zone, it will tell you how to adjust your medications to get back in control. Once your healthcare provider has approved it, you can ask them to print out your asthma action plan and/or you can access it through the eAMS portal under the "asthma action plan" tile in the main menu.

See what an asthma action plan looks like here.


Using the eAMS

The eAMS was made for patients with asthma who are 16 years of age or older.

To provide the best care, the eAMS uses research that was performed in patients 16 years old and over. Unfortunately, some of these recommendations may not apply to patients under 16 years old. If you or your child with asthma are younger than 16 years old, we strongly recommend that you see your healthcare provider to follow-up on your asthma.

To use the eAMS app or web portal, you will need a device that can access the Internet. You will also need a personal email account to complete your registration. That's it!

We designed the eAMS so that people can easily use it even if they have a low level of experience with the Internet and technology.

We recommend that you use an updated version of Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge as your browser to access the eAMS portal. If you are using the eAMS as part of your clinic, you can also access it on your smartphone or tablet using the eAMS app (this can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store or Apple Store).

No the eAMS is FREE for patients! Our goal is to improve asthma health without introducing any financial barriers for patients.

Keeping Your Data Safe

Your healthcare provider will use the information you provide to improve your asthma care! By filling in the questionnaire, you will provide information about your asthma symptoms, triggers, and medications. This information will only be sent to your healthcare provider (if they have access to eAMS) who can verify your asthma control, recommend updates to your medications, and create an asthma action plan for you.

Yes, your personal health information is private and secure, and is handled in accordance with provincial personal health information protection laws. For a more detailed description of our privacy practices, please see our Privacy Notice.

Login Issues

If you are having trouble registering for the eAMS, please follow our step-by-step guide for clinic patient users or for pharmacy patient users.

You may be entering your login information incorrectly, or may have made an error the first time you logged in. If you can't identify the error, please use our Contact Us form to submit an inquiry, and we will gladly help you access your account.

You can contact us for any questions or feedback through the Contact Us form.