The Health-i initiative, run by Handelsblatt and Techniker Krankenkasse (Germany's largest public health insurer), set out to find the digital-health ideas most likely to change the system. From 160 entries, judged against criteria set by Prof. Roland Trill of Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, we were named one of three finalists.
At the time of the 2018 recognition, the announcement described Respiro studies and programmes in Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Germany, with reported findings on adherence and inhaler technique.
Originally published 25 September 2018. Programme results quoted at the time describe specific study populations; they are not a promise of individual results.