1. Louisville
Asthma
Data
Innova2on
Project
David
Van
Sickle,
PhD
|
CEO,
Asthmapolis
Reimagining
Digital
Health
to
Develop
a
Community-­‐Level
InformaEon
System
Ted
Smith,
PhD
|
Chief
InnovaEon
Officer,
The
City
of
Louisville,
KY

2. 25
MILLION
HAVE
ASTHMA
IN
U.S.
>60
PERCENT
ARE
UNCONTROLLED
80
PERCENT
OF
UNCONTROLLED
SAY
THEY’RE
DOING
FINE
ANNUAL
HEALTHCARE
COST
$50
BILLION
7.7%
2010
PREVALENCE
8.4%
2012
10M
HOSPITALIZATIONS
ED
VISITS
OFFICE
VISITS
MISSED
DAYS
SCHOOL/WORK
2M
500K
25M

3. +
Transmits
data
+
Educates
+
Reminds
and
alerts
MOBILE
sensor
+
AutomaEc
+
Passive
data
collecEon
+
Tracks
when,
where
and
how
much
medicine
PERSONAL
ONLINE
account
+
Improved
Adherence
+
Asthma
Control
PERSONAL
ONLINE
app.hub
account
SNAP-­‐ON

4. resulted
in
an
innovaEve
ecosystem

5.
CiEzen-­‐powered
recruitment
through

6. (Courtesy
of
Dr.
LaQuandra
NesbiN,
Louisville
Metro
Public
Health)
Enrollment
by
Zip
Code
and
Asthma
HospitalizaEon
Rate

7. BeNer
Reduced
Rescue
Inhaler
Use

8. BeNer
Reduced
Rescue
Inhaler
Use

9. Louisville
inhaler
events,
by
day
Summer
Fall
Winter
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
8/1/2012
9/1/2012
10/1/2012
11/1/2012
12/1/2012
SO2
AQI
Inhaler
events
(normalized)
SO2

12. 4. Build model against background sample
5. Extrapolate predicted inhaler events into
all geographic locations in our Metro
6. Test with additional data
2.GISofcontributingfactorstoexplore
1. Geo-referenced inhaler use points
3. Extract contributing factors data at each
point
Contributing Factor Data in Model
• Land-use categories
• Impervious surface (%)
• PM 2.5 (avg AQI)
• Close proximity to known emitters
• Low greenness index
• Close proximity to industry
• Close proximity to power facilities
• Traffic density
Using
Inhaler
Data
to
Build
a
SimulaEon

13. Probability
of
Inhaler
Use
Predicted
by
Model
Before&interven+on

14. Probability
of
Inhaler
Use
Predicted
by
Model
A"er%interven*on%(10%%reduc*on%in%PM)

15. Louisville
Asthma
Data
Innova2on
Project
David
Van
Sickle,
PhD
|
CEO,
Asthmapolis
Reimagining
Digital
Health
to
Develop
a
Community-­‐Level
InformaEon
System
Ted
Smith,
PhD
|
Chief
InnovaEon
Officer,
The
City
of
Louisville,
KY

16. Reduced
Rescue
Inhaler
Use

17. PRIVACY