Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that electronic inhaler monitoring combined with a disease management program resulted in fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits for COPD patients.
- Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that electronic inhaler monitoring combined with a disease management program resulted in fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.
Between October 2016 and May 2017, 39 patients who had COPD and had at least one hospitalization or emergency room visit during the year prior to enrollment took part in the study, which was led by Khaled Alshabani, Amy Attaway, Richard Rice, and Umur Hatipoğlu.
Patients were provided with electronic monitoring devices for maintenance and rescue inhalers for one year. The monitoring platform, provided by Propeller Health, connected a small sensor to a patient's existing inhaled COPD medication.
