The Impact of Innovation

      Healthcare is constantly changing daily in the environment. Smart inhalers are the new innovation for inhaled corticosteroids and bronchodilators which are the cornerstone treatments for asthma patients.  Corticosteroids is a medication that helps to control a patient’s inflammation while bronchodilators medication provides immediate relief whenever the patient’s symptoms flairs and it provides a quick relief, when inhalers are used correctly they are efficient.  Up to 94% of individuals who use them do not do so in the correct manner. (Siv Rauv)

Blue tooth enabled smart inhaler are devices that are designed to detect the use of inhaler, this reminds the patient to use their medication and to encourage the correct way to use the device as well as obtain the data usage that can assist. Each time the inhaler is used, the date, time, place and if the correct dose was administered. There are add-on devices, which clip to a patient’s existing inhaler and allows them to send data to a smartphone by way of app which is available now. The add on smart inhaler device, researches have found that participants used less reliever medication, had more reliver-free days, and improved overall asthma control over a 12month study. (Kimberly Holland)

       2018 is going to be an extradinary year for healthcare in technology as mergers and acquisitions are heating up. This means researchers have finally seen some significant changes of how healthcare is administered, improvements in patient access, lower costs, gathered patient data, improved revenues for health systems and much more. When the patient is about to be transferred to a specialist when a patient is about to be transferred to a specialist, they will be educated on how to use the inhaler properly. (Harold Thimblbey)