A new report comparing two large-scale surveys suggests that over the last decade the burden of asthma in the US has not declined and that the management of asthma has not improved. The team of researchers reviewed two large-scale surveys, Asthma In America and Asthma Insight and Management, conducted in 1998 and 2009 respectively, with […]

We’re happy to report that most of our new sensor is manufactured and assembled in the US. Last week we toured our manufacturing facility to get a look at the first batch as they get loaded on the line, and to review the test and assembly processes. Here are some photos from the visit:    

The Institute of Medicine has posted archived videos from the 2011 Health Data Initiative Forum in Washington DC. Our presentation with Jean Wright, MD, of the Southern Piedmont Beacon Community is here, along with dozens of other videos from presenters like Brian Kelly of Aetna.  

Mitch Kapor, one of our investors, gave a great talk at the recent Rock Health Innovation Summit in San Francicso. His presentation, Doing Well By Doing Good: Opportunities in Digital Health, summarizes the rationale behind his investments in several new health companies, including Asthmapolis and Omada Health, and the key factors in technology and policy […]

Our sensor is on its way! For nearly a year we’ve been building a great new inhaler tracker. Our latest model, which works with mobile phones and the Qualcomm 2Net basestation to record valuable information about every inhalation, is almost ready. Here’s a sneak peek: This week, two folks from the Asthmapolis team, Greg Tracy […]

Asthma rate and costs from traffic-related air pollution are much higher than once believed A research team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst resource economist Sylvia Brandt, with colleagues in California and Switzerland, have revised the cost burden sharply upward for childhood asthma and for the first time include the number of cases attributable to […]

The GE Healthymagination blog has an article up today about Asthmapolis that features photos of our new sensor. While you’re there, be sure to check out their great visualization projects (like the Breast Cancer Conversation) and read and recommend some of the entries submitted to their $100m challenge targeting innovation in breast cancer.

I recently spoke with Sarah Klein from The Commonwealth Fund, one of the leading private foundations focused on healthcare research and quality. Our Q&A – about Asthmapolis and the potential of mobile technology to improve the quality of care cialis online without prescription and public health – is published in their Quality Matters newsletter this […]

CSC’s Leading Edge Forum has just published a new research report, Data rEvolution, which surveys the growing role and value of data in various industries, or, as they put it, “examines the world’s rapidly escalating appetite for data, how organizations are creating new ways to manage and see that data, and what new discoveries, services and […]