Digital Health Companies Rush to Integrate Air Quality APIs
As the World Health Organization confirmed COVID-19 could be spread via airborne transmission, new research dubbed the ‘best analysis to date’ found long-term air pollution exposure significantly increases COVID-19 infections, hospital admissions & deaths.
It’s no wonder digital health companies are now rushing to integrate high-resolution air quality information.
80% of Health Outcomes are Caused by Behavior & the Environment
Awareness and interest in environmental intelligence for healthcare have been on the rise for some time. Coronavirus just accelerated its demand in the near future, for understandable reasons.
In fact, research states that 80% of health outcomes are actually caused by factors unrelated to the medical system (!) In their recent 2020 Digital Health Insights report, Deloitte revealed not only that chronic diseases are on the rise globally but also the dramatic effect of behavioural aspects for mortality connected to the heart and chronic respiratory diseases in particular.
How Environmental Intelligence Solves the Chronic Disease Data Gap
Until recently, healthcare providers and digital health companies struggled to provide solutions for managing harmful environmental exposure — because there were no real-time or actionable sources of environmental intelligence.
Newly available and highly personalized environmental insights have changed all of this.
Healthcare providers around the world are now seeing the exciting opportunities available to them now they are able to learn more about individual patients and their specific disease exacerbation triggers. With this knowledge, they can take steps to protect and influence the behavior of their patients — and develop smarter solutions for the long term.
my mhealth Highlights Air Quality in Patient Apps
My mhealth recently went live with air quality data in their MyCOPD and MyAsthma patient health apps. They offer an enhanced remote patient monitoring solution which has now been formally adopted by the UK’s National Health Service.Example: Propeller Health’s Life-changing Connected Inhaler
Propeller Health is another great example of environmental intelligence in action. Their innovative digital inhaler & smart patient app provides the easiest way for asthma and COPD sufferers to learn more about their conditions and individual triggers in the environment, enabling them to avoid flare-ups and take their medicine when it is most essential.
Watch this video to see how this works in practice:
Key Takeaway
For chronic disease treatment providers, high-resolution air quality, pollen & fires intelligence provides the missing piece of the puzzle for understanding the true effect of breathing hazards in the environment.
In turn, they’re seeing medication adherence improve, preventing symptom exacerbation, and delivering better disease management by engaging patients through medical devices and therapeutic apps.
You’ll find many more case studies in this eBook:
