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Adherence apps can reduce the risk of asthma attacks: study

Written by Pulse+IT| | New Zealand eHealth

Technology such as text services and smart inhalers that link to apps can halve the risk of asthma attacks, new research shows.

A study published in the Cochrane Review has found that patients who used digital technologies had much better asthma control and half the risk of asthma attacks as those that did not.

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Filed under New Zealand eHealth on 15 June 2022. Pulse+IT news briefs cover a single development in Australasian digital health; the weekly editorial column puts the week’s stories in context.