Asthma Mobile Health Study

This app is a personalized tool that helps you to gain greater insight into your asthma, adhere to treatment plans, avoid triggers, and take charge of your health.The app provides personalized reminders to take your prescribed medications, helps you track your condition 24×7, allows you to review trends, and gives you feedback on your progress. We aim to help patients experience less asthma-related distress with better symptoms control, improved quality of life, and fewer unexpected medical visits.

Key Features

Record and track your:

• Daytime and nighttime asthma symptoms and how they affect your daily activities
• Daily usage of controller and rescue inhalers
• Triggers such as colds, increased physical activity, strong smells, exhaust fumes, house dust, and animals
• Peak flow
• Emergency department visits, medical visits, and changes in medication
• Physical activity through Apple Health App-enabled devices

Receive reminders and notifications about:

• Your medications
• Local air quality

Get Educated

• Learn proper inhaler technique
• Watch physician-approved videos for tips on effective asthma management

Eligibility

To join this research study on Asthma, you need to:

• Be 18 or older
• Have asthma confirmed by a doctor
• Be prescribed medication for asthma
• Resident of the United States

Apple Health App Data Access

This app will read and write the following Apple Health App data with your permission:

• Height
• Weight
• Peak Expiratory Flow Rate

This app will read the following Apple Health App data with your permission:

• Biological Sex
• Date of Birth
• Inhaler Usage
• Sleep Analysis
• Steps

Investigators

Yu-Feng Yvonne Chan, MD, PhD, Director of Personalized Medicine and Digital Health, is the principal investigator (PI) responsible for the Asthma research project design and execution, along with 3 co-principal investigators (PIs):

• Eric Schadt, PhD, Director of the Icahn Institute, Chair of Dept. of Genetics & Genomic Sciences
• Joel Dudley, PhD, Director of Biomedical Informatics
• Linda Rogers, MD, Asthma Clinical Director

 The Asthma Health App was co-developed with LifeMap Solutions

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