Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major cause of disability, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is on a trajectory to becoming the third by 2020. It is a leading reason for admission and readmission to the hospital. In spite of this, many people, even some affected by the disease, are unfamiliar with the term. It is a relatively underfunded area of medicine and research. A Google™ search for “COPD” yields 5,140,000 sites. A search for “COPD Websites” yields 1,320,000 sites. A search for “COPD guidelines and standards” yields 1,020,000 sites.

One of the most effective rehabilitation methods for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to improve physical function. Sensors today can monitor the vital signs of COPD patient in combination with an automatic intelligent training control and emergency detection. Patient can get supervised training without the physical presence of an expert.

Check out below sensors that help COPD patients to monitor their signs and track medication usage.

With the Use-Inhalers' Assist Me with Inhalers app, just a quick setup on your smartphone and you will be regularly reminded to take your medications as prescribed.

Download this app: http://use-inhalers.com/assist-me-ios-app-description

Health care providers often find their lack of time with patients to be a major challenge. By using websites like Use-Inhalers.com that provide efficient tools to manage correct inhaler technique, HCPs can balance the quality of care and education.

While prescribing inhaler to Asthma & COPD patients, you can provide effective training on how to use inhalers correctly without spending your precious time and staff resources.

Get new generation high quality training videos on “How to use Inhalers”

Where can I play these videos?
Videos available online, offline, iPad and iPhone
Videos for patient waiting areas / Pulmonary Rehabs / Pharmacy / Lobby / On your website

Breo Ellipta by GSK

• Its a dry powder inhaler only approved for COPD patients and not for Asthma patients
• Main draw back is if you open and then close the inhaler cover without inhaling the medicine, one dose is lost & the inhaler comes only with 30 doses
• You have to be careful while using Breo Ellipta, do not open cover until you are ready to inhale

Arnuity Ellipta by GSK

Patient education is one of four key components of asthma care as outlined in the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines. A new way to teach children is  "edutainment" (education + entertainment) approach to engage children in learning about asthma.

1. Wella Pets App : Help your child stay well and feel confident with asthma 

There are a ton of medication reminder apps in the app store. Medication reminders has been shown in some studies to help increase compliance.  By association, one would think these individual mobile apps that send notifications would serve the same purpose.  It would be interesting to see a study done using one of these apps to see if this is in fact true.

MedCoach Medication Reminder

How are you using your inhaler? 
Would you like to validate your Inhaler technique? 
Want to check out critical mistakes during your Inhalation? 

Check out the below Awesome features introduced by - Use-inhalers.com 

Inhalers are most effective when used regularly- which means they should always be ready and available. Unfortunately, this is rarely the case! Many patients feel awkward carrying inhalers around.

To help make your inhaler “cool”, here are the latest inhaler cover styles. We’ve reviewed the best in the market to keep your inhaler handy, protected and stylish.

Puff a Pouch Comes with lanyard & keyring with easi break safety system, 15+ designs & colors available.