A public/private partnership in Louisville, Kentucky called AIR Louisville will distribute 2,000 Propeller Health inhaler sensors to asthma patients across the city as part of a 2-year data collection program, according to Propeller. The FDA approved an updated version of the asthma tracking system, which includes sensors that snap onto standard MDIs, in April 2014.
The Executive Director of Louisville’s Institute for Healthy Air Water and Soil Ted Smith, who is also the city’s Chief of Civic Innovation, explained, “The goal of the AIR Louisville program is to use data from Propeller’s connected medication sensors to make smarter choices about how we improve the quality of life for our residents. By collecting data about where and when residents have asthma attacks, we can help inform public policy that will reduce the burden of asthma city-wide. The program will also help physicians, patients and employers understand asthma triggers and do a better job managing this health problem in our city.”
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has provided funding for AIR Louisville, and the program’s partners include the City of Louisville, the Institute for Healthy Air, Water and Soil, Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, Passport Health Plan, and local employers and asthma specialty clinics, as well as Propeller Health.
Read the Propeller Health press release.
