Digital health in difficult-to-treat severe asthma

We live and benefit from life in a digital world. Updates on world events are instantaneous, and this omnipresent virtual world of communication is expanding with health-care applications and opportunities. 1 Seneviratne MG Connolly SB Martin SS Parakh K Grains of sand to clinical pearls: realizing the potential of wearable data. Am J Med. 2023; 136: 136-142 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1) Google Scholar , 2 Heaney LG Busby J Bradding P et al. Remotely monitored therapy and nitric oxide suppression identifies nonadherence in severe asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019; 199: 454-464 Crossref PubMed Scopus (100) Google Scholar However, as Seneviratne and colleagues note, 1 Seneviratne MG Connolly SB Martin SS Parakh K Grains of sand to clinical pearls: realizing the potential of wearable data. Am J Med. 2023; 136: 136-142 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1) Google Scholar regulatory, reimbursement, and technical barriers continue to contribute to the slow adoption of a digital health approach. 1 Seneviratne MG Connolly SB Martin SS Parakh K Grains of sand to clinical pearls: realizing the potential of wearable data. Am J Med. 2023; 136: 136-142 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1) Google Scholar For digital health approaches to become implemented in asthma management, they must become visible, interpretable, and actionable for the clinician. Use of digital measurement of medication adherence and lung function to guide the management of uncontrolled asthma (INCA Sun): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised clinical trialEvidence-based care informed by digital data led to a modest improvement in medication adherence and a significantly lower treatment burden. Full-Text PDF