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Introduction

PainChek® Adult is intended to be used by medical doctors, registered nurses, licensed practical and vocational nurses, certified nursing assistants and physiotherapist and occupational therapists to assess pain in people (also known as residents) with moderate to severe dementia in nursing homes.

PainChek® System Components

PainChek® is a pain assessment software system which is comprised of the following components:

  • PainChek® App

  • PainChek® Portal

  • PainChek® Application Programming Interface (API)

  • PainChek® Database

The PainChek® App is a mobile application that uses facial recognition and analysis technology to detect facial features indicative of the presence of pain and then combines these data with non-facial pain features to confirm the presence and intensity of pain. The PainChek® App is downloaded from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store and it is generally used in much the same way as any other App.

The PainChek® Portal is a secure website that allows you to manage your data, PainChek® License, Facilities, Users, installations and edit your PainChek® profile settings. See the "PainChek® Portal User Guide” for the instructions on how to use the PainChek® Portal.

The PainChek® API provides the means for the PainChek® App and PainChek® Portal to access the PainChek® database in a secure, authenticated and controlled manner. It is also possible to grant third parties access to the API to enable PainChek® to be integrated with other systems (e.g. a client’s electronic care management system).

The PainChek® Database stores all of the PainChek® data (e.g. users, Residents and assessment details).

PainChek® App Intended Purpose

PainChek® is an observational pain assessment tool used to assist in the assessment of pain in people who cannot verbalize their pain.

PainChek® App Intended Users

PainChek® is intended for use by medical doctors, registered nurses, licensed practical and vocational nurses, certified nursing assistants and physiotherapist and occupational therapists.

PainChek® App Intended Patient Population

PainChek® Adult is indicated for use to assess pain in Residents with moderate-to-severe dementia in nursing homes.

User Guide Purpose and Intended Audience

This guide documents the use of the PainChek® App.

It is intended for use by all PainChek® App users and applies to iOS version 2.23 (or later) and Android version 4.24 (or later).

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