MADISON, Wis., Oct. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Propeller
Health released the first ever application programming interface
(API) to provide local asthma conditions to anyone in the US who
would like to share this insight with their audiences. This
service, Air by Propeller, is open and free to use. Propeller has
trained a machine-learning model on millions of days of anonymized
data, including where and when people experience asthma symptoms
and the environmental conditions at these times, to predict
potential effects on people's breathing. With the launch of Air,
Propeller now enables other individuals and organizations to use
its local asthma condition calculations to improve the health of
people with chronic respiratory disease.
At a one-day company hackathon held last week in Wisconsin, the Propeller team built a series
of free tools using the Air API that are also being released to the
public today. Propeller has been traveling to Camp Wandawega in
Elkhorn, Wisconsin annually over
the last four years to come together, celebrate successes, and
inspire new ways to create more symptom-free days for people with
respiratory disease. This year, the 70 team members broke into
small groups to build and launch tools under Air.
"Each year, we return to Camp Wandawega to recommit ourselves to
creating a company no one else can build," said David Van Sickle, CEO, Propeller. "Our culture
brings together people who are passionate about health, passionate
about technology, and passionate about inventing the future, and
puts us to work to solve problems for people with respiratory
disease and for those who care for them."
The tools created during the hackathon demonstrate some of the
potential applications of Air API. They range from an email or text
subscription, to Alexa and Google Home integration, IFTTT Applets,
or an embeddable Air Widget for other websites. Each application
notifies people of asthma conditions in their area. Propeller hopes
Air tools will inspire others to build applications from Air API so
more people can become aware of local asthma conditions.
"We're excited to release the first version of Air by Propeller,
a set of services designed to enable a larger audience to help
people with asthma," said Greg
Tracy, CTO, Propeller. "With the new infrastructure and
services, people will be able to make use of Propeller's analytics,
which draw on the largest database of respiratory medication use,
environmental exposures and conditions. We look forward to seeing
how others build on this to change the experience of respiratory
disease."
Air is a continuation of features recently launched by
Propeller. This summer, the company introduced a new model of its
patient app Daily Asthma Forecast, which leverages machine-learning
to create personal predictions of asthma conditions. Propeller for
Apple Watch and Find My Inhaler were also introduced over the last
few months.
This is just the beginning of Air, and another step in
Propeller's mission to maximize symptom-free days for people with
asthma. Propeller will continue to roll out additional tools under
Air in the coming months.
About Propeller
Propeller empowers people with asthma and COPD to live
measurably better lives. In 2010 Propeller set out to modernize
respiratory medicine, empower people to minimize the impact of
asthma and COPD on their daily lives, and connect them to their
physicians, environment and community. Propeller's
information-powered approach to respiratory management guides
physicians and patients to the optimal path of therapy for each
individual. With connected inhalers, digital interfaces, and real
time personalized insights, participants receive personal guidance
and expert direction anytime. Backed by 3M Ventures (NYSE: MMM), SR
One, Hikma Ventures (LON: HIK), Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE),
Social Capital and other investors, Propeller has been used by
patients with asthma or COPD in over 45 commercial programs across
the US at major healthcare systems, payers, employers and other
commercial partners. The company has been recognized as the
recipient of the American Telemedicine Association's 2016
President's Award for Innovation in Remote Healthcare, as one of
the world's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, and as one
of the top "Fierce 15" medical device companies in 2015 by
FierceMedicalDevices. For more information visit:
www.propellerhealth.com
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