Cystic fibrosis care, between visits.

CF care happens every day. ArioMed's proposed first pilot gives a patient or parent a simple voice channel into a nurse-owned workflow, while preserving a clear boundary around clinical authority.

Last updated 24 July 2026
A young Australian woman completing a nebuliser routine at home
Between clinic visitsCare continues after the appointment ends.

The invisible workload of CF care

CF is not one difficult task. It is hundreds of small, connected tasks—medications and enzymes, airway clearance, nutrition, appointments, refills, monitoring and documentation—repeated every day and remembered by someone.

DailyTreatments, medication, nutrition and monitoring
ConstantCoordination across home, clinic, hospital and pharmacy
Often invisibleAdministrative and cognitive load carried by patients and families
The patient or parent should not have to be the only continuous link between disconnected systems.
Illustrative MVP workflow · Concept data only

One concern. A visible path to human care.

The patient or parent sees today's plan, speaks naturally and knows exactly what was sent to the CF team. The nurse receives a structured, traceable case—not another unstructured message.

FRIDAY, 17 JULY

Good morning, Alex

Your care today

2/4Halfway thereNext: nebuliser treatment
CARE PLAN
Airway clearanceCompleted at 8:10 am
Nebuliser treatmentDue now
Enzymes with meals2 of 3 logged
Evening medicationDue at 8:00 pm
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VOICE COMPANION

How can I help?

Ask about your approved care plan or report a change.

Tap to speakListening is off
TRY SAYING
What treatment is next?
I have been coughing more today
When is my next clinic visit?
Not for emergenciesFor severe breathing difficulty or an emergency, call 000.
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CARE TEAM ESCALATION

Your CF team has been notified

We've organised what you told us for a clinician to review.

Sent to CF nurseToday at 10:42 am
WHAT YOU REPORTED
Increased cough since yesterday
  • No severe breathing difficulty
  • Temperature: 37.4°C
  • Treatments completed this morning
  • Eating and drinking normally
ROUTINE REVIEW
What happens nextA CF team member will review this during clinic hours.
Add information
If symptoms become severeCall 000 or follow your urgent care plan.
01Guide

Make the next approved care-plan action visible.

02Listen

Capture the person's words, answers and relevant context.

03Close the loop

Show who received it, its priority and what happens next.

CF NURSE / CARE TEAM CONSOLE

From patient voice to a reviewable case.

AI organises information. The CF team retains clinical authority.

Needs review6
Waiting for patient3
Resolved today14
PriorityPatientReported changeOwner
HIGHJT · 24

Breathlessness increased overnight

Unassigned
ROUTINEAM · 16

Increased cough since yesterday

S. Nguyen
KS · 12

Answered nurse follow-up questions

M. Patel
AI-ORGANISED SUMMARY · REVIEW BEFORE USEPatient reports increased cough since yesterday. No severe breathlessness, fever or reduced intake reported. Morning treatments completed.

This summary is based on patient-reported information and does not make a diagnosis.

CARE PLAN SNAPSHOTMorning routine

Airway clearance · completed
Nebuliser · completed
Enzymes · 2 meals logged

Personal, not generic

The proposed companion is grounded in the participating service's approved information, the person's care plan and the workflow agreed for the pilot. It does not provide generic medical advice.

“I have been coughing more today.”“I cannot remember whether I took my enzymes.”“I am travelling tomorrow—what is in my approved plan?”“When is my next clinic visit?”

If a question is uncertain, outside scope or needs a clinical decision, the workflow stops and routes it to the designated human.

What the pilot would measure

The workflow shown above would be evaluated as a bounded, nurse-owned service—not as an autonomous clinical system.

  • Care-plan and medication workflow completion.
  • Time from patient request to human-owned action.
  • Escalation quality, false positives and missed signals.
  • Nursing review burden and usability.
  • Patient and caregiver confidence between appointments.
  • Quality and completeness of structured registry data.
Clinical discovery resource

Explore the complete CF discussion deck.

Download the presentation covering the lived experience of CF, current coordination gaps, the proposed ArioMed care layer and the clinical and technical questions intended for discovery sessions.

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