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Environment
Propeller Health to Build First Ever National Asthma
Risk Map for U.S.
Propeller Health, MadisonWI USA, has announced it will build the first-
ever national Asthma Risk Map for the United States, where citizens can
track how climate change affects the frequency and severity of asthma
attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).To accom-
plish this, Propeller plans to expand its current municipal public health
asthma initiatives to five cities around the US in the next two years as
part of President Obama’s Climate Data Initiative.
Propeller provides a small sensor/transmitter
device which can be attached to the inhalers
used by asthma and COPD patients; each use
of the inhaler can be monitored on a smart
phone. The patient and/or their physician is
able to monitor the frequecy of inhaler use,
a critical factor in managing the disease. The
sensor monitors the time and location of the
inhaler use.
Creating the Asthma
Risk map is the first
piece of the puzzle in
helping provide in-depth
models on the impact
climate change will have on public health.
Propeller Health Press ReleaseApril 7, 2015
Propeller Sensor
Incidence of inhaler use
in Lousiville Kentucky