The medication is only as good as the technique behind it.
A prescribed inhaler assumes the patient can use it correctly — and most of the time, that assumption is wrong. The majority of patients make at least one critical error every time they reach for a metered-dose inhaler, which quietly undercuts the therapy the physician is counting on. Improper technique alone is tied to as much as 70% of the total cost of managing asthma and COPD (ERS; Cochrane Review 2021).
BridgeCare LA's respiratory program measures technique instead of assuming it. On every use, the CapMedic MDI device tracks shake duration, inhaler orientation, and inhalation.
of patients use their inhalers incorrectly
Sanchis et al., Chest 2016
Built-in spirometry gives the physician objective lung-function readings alongside the adherence data, so a worsening trend can be told apart from a simple technique problem. When usage drifts or lung function slips, the pattern reaches the care team early, while it is still a coaching conversation and not yet an exacerbation.
Adherence turns into a live, objective signal the physician can act on — tracked on every use rather than guessed at once a year.
Every decision about the therapy stays with the ordering physician. BridgeCare LA's job is the data underneath it.
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