Hailie app | By Adherium (NZ) Limited |
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Country of origin | New Zealand |
Clinical review |
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Hailie app
Hailie app
- An app for people with asthma or COPD, to help them remember to use their inhalers.
- Also called smart inhaler.
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This app links to a Hailie™ sensor for your inhaler(s) via bluetooth. You can then track medication use and enable an audio and visual reminder for dosing. There are a range of Hailie sensors, each designed to work with a different inhaler type. The app has built-in audio visual alarms to remind you when to take a puff and sensors to track whether you did. This is to encourage you to remember to use your inhaler on time. The app syncs automatically with your Hailie™ sensor, giving you access to your medication history. If you're caring for an elderly parent or child, the Hailie app helps you keep track of their doses, even when you are not there.
How to get started?
There are attachable sensors for most available asthma inhalers in New Zealand. They are purchasable via subscription from the app website(external link). They will be delivered to you, and you can then follow the setup instructions online to link to the app. For a more detailed description of the app, see Google Play(external link) or iTunes(external link) and for a detailed review, see reviews below.
PROS | CONS |
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✔ Set up a prescribed dosing schedule.
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✘ The turbuhaler device occasionally doesn't register puffs especially if inhaling too fast. |
Clinical review
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Reviewer: Jeremy Steinberg, GP, FRNZCGP
Date of review: June 2018
Platform: Android
Version: 6.1.0.8
Comments: This app is most useful for people with asthma or COPD struggling with medication compliance. Poor compliance with asthma medication is a big problem. For many people it can be very hard to remember to use their inhalers. There is some evidence that using electronic inhalers like Hailie can improve compliance (3,4).
I tested out the Turbuhaler (Symbicort) and MDI (Respigen) versions for two months. I was impressed by its utility and ease of use. However it is a little behind some of it’s competitors in that it doesn’t provide any feedback on inhaler use and it is non rechargeable.
At the current price it is too expensive for me to recommend it to anyone except those that are very well-off unless if it was on sale.
Safety concerns: None.
New Zealand relevance: Very relevant to New Zealand - designed by a New Zealand company for inhalers available in New Zealand.
References
- Patel M, Pilcher J, Chan A, Perrin K, Black P, Beasley R. Six-month in vitro validation of a metered-dose inhaler electronic monitoring device: Implications for asthma clinical trial use. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Dec 1;130(6):1420–2.
- Pilcher J, Shirtcliffe P, Patel M, McKinstry S, Cripps T, Weatherall M, et al. Three-month validation of a turbuhaler electronic monitoring device: implications for asthma clinical trial use. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2015 Nov 1;2(1):e000097.
- Chan AHY, Stewart AW, Harrison J, Camargo CA, Black PN, Mitchell EA. The effect of an electronic monitoring device with audiovisual reminder function on adherence to inhaled corticosteroids and school attendance in children with asthma: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Mar 1;3(3):210–9.
- Inhaler reminders improve adherence with controller treatment in primary care patients with asthma(external link) - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology [Internet].
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