17 Aug Ohio Insurer Turns to Propeller Health for Digital Approach to COPD
Xconomy Wisconsin — Propeller Health said this week that it has partnered with an Ohio-based health insurer to help a group of its Medicare patients who have respiratory disease better manage their symptoms.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio has begun recruiting patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to participate in a new program that will turn their existing inhalers into new digital medicine tools. Participants in the program will receive Internet-connected sensors developed by Madison, WI-based Propeller. Affixed to their inhalers, the sensors collect data on inhaler usage, environmental conditions, and other factors, and allow patients and their healthcare providers to review the information using computers and mobile devices.
To be eligible for the program, a patient must be enrolled in one of Anthem’s Medicare Advantage health plans in Ohio, and have been hospitalized or gone to the emergency room at least once after experiencing COPD symptoms.
Nearly 16 million people in the U.S. have COPD, a disease for which there is currently no cure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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