The two-year study is looking at whether data collected from the Apple Watch can help people with asthma predict potentially serious outcomes, which could lead to hospitalization. About 1.8 million people end up in emergency rooms from asthma each year.
and a range of other collaborators on a study to investigate how people diagnosed with asthma could use consumer devices, like Apple Watch, to better manage their condition.
That makes asthma a big source of cost for health plans, including Anthem, which offers coverage to both commercial populations and lower-income populations through Medicaid. Currently, the Anthem study isn't designed to help those under 18 who are diagnosed with the disease. The active group will use a so-called "digital asthma tool," which includes daily symptom and trigger tracking and nudges based on on changes in signals from the Apple Watch's health sensors, including heart rate, activity and a new feature for measuring blood oxygen levels. A participant might see, for instance, that air quality is good outside but that they experienced sleep disturbances throughout the night. Participants are also logged to ask their symptoms.
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