An inhaler dose recording service designed for patients who need chronic respiratory disease control

Abstract

The paper introduces a completely integrated and developed care cycle for patients with chronic respiratory disease who need to take inhaler drugs twice a day. Because patients may simply forget to take an inhaler dose or take the wrong inhaler medication. Inconsistent and mistaken inhaler medications may cause problems for diseases control. The system contains a main website for medical experts and caregivers to manage patients’ health information from clinics. It also provides an off-site APP that allows patients to download the program to their mobile phones to monitor the inhaler dose they should be using. The APP connects to a smart inhaler device that has been patented in Taiwan. In this study, we implemented it as a cap for the metered dose in the medicine cylinder for the first experimental stage. We randomly selected 16 patients with asthma for the prototype face-to-face usage interview. Feedback from users was significantly positive.