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ReviewThe journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice2025

Digital Health for Asthma Management: Electronic Medication Monitoring for Adherence as a Case Example.

Heather Hoch De Keyser, William C Anderson, David A Stempel, Stanley J Szefler

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Review in The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Heather Hoch De KeyserBreathing Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonary, and Sleep Medicine Section, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colo.
William C AndersonSection of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo.
David A StempelConsultant in digital health care, Bellevue, Wash.
Stanley J SzeflerBreathing Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonary, and Sleep Medicine Section, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colo. Electronic address: Stanley.Szefler@childrenscolorado.org.

Funding

Reducing Asthma Attacks in Disadvantaged School Children with AsthmaUH3HL151297 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Lisa Cicutto, Amy Grotelueschen Huebschmann · 2023 to 2026
$4.1M
Treatment Phenotypes for Adolescents with AsthmaK23HL146791 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI DE KEYSER, HEATHER · 2020 to 2024
$837k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL146791NHLBI NIH HHS UH3 HL151297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital health is an umbrella term for components of health care using computer platforms, software, connectivity, and sensors to augment the recording, documentation, and communication of clinical information. The functions of digital health may be viewed in three domains: (1) the repository for patient information, (2) monitoring devices, and (3) communication tools. Monitoring devices have provided robust information as diagnostic and prognostic tools in office and hospital settings. In this review, as a case study, we will discuss the research and our direct clinical experience of electronic medication monitoring technology and the potential benefits to patient care, and the opportunities and perils encountered in using this approach for patients with moderate to severe asthma, including issues related to patient uptake and concerns for bias, impacts on the provider-patient relationship, and discussions regarding monitoring of rescue medication use in exacerbations. Additionally, although there is evidence for improvements in various aspects of patient care afforded by electronic medication monitoring, these devices have not yet seen widespread uptake in clinical settings, and we will discuss the steps needed to address these barriers and keep these important devices available for patient use in the future.

Indexed as

Anti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaDrug MonitoringMedication AdherenceDigital HealthHumansTelemedicineAnti-Asthmatic AgentsArtificial intelligenceAsthmaAsthma biologicsDigital healthElectronic medication monitoringRemote patient monitoringSevere asthma

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PMID39824439
PMCPMC12240718

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