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Our approach

Clinical principles, applied to follow-up.

Nout organises follow-up around recognised smoking-cessation practice. Professionals keep making all clinical decisions.

What Nout does, and does not do

Nout supports existing professional practice. It does not diagnose, prescribe treatments or make clinical decisions. It has no clinical approval or certification, and we have not demonstrated effectiveness.

The 5 As

A familiar framework, supported by organised information.

The 5 As are a framework widely used in clinical practice. Nout aims to make the information work behind each step easier.

  • 1. Ask

    Organised record of the patient's consumption and history.

  • 2. Advise

    Summaries that help the professional prepare their advice.

  • 3. Assess

    Questionnaires and the evolution of records in one place.

  • 4. Assist

    Personal goals and professional notes linked to the patient.

  • 5. Arrange follow-up

    Calendar, follow-up dates and reminders.

References

Sources considered.

These are the references that inform the design of the follow-up workflow.

  • Programa Nacional para a Prevenção e Controlo do Tabagismo

    Directorate-General of Health (DGS), Portugal

    Smoking-cessation guidance. See the DGS website for the documents currently in force.

    Open source

  • WHO clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults

    World Health Organization (WHO) · Published: 2 July 2024

    Open source

  • Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence (NG209)

    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK · Published: 30 November 2021

    Supplementary international reference.

    Open source

Listing a reference does not mean these organisations approve, certify or are associated with Nout.

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