, /PRNewswire/ — Allergy & Asthma Network, a nonprofit patient education and advocacy organization, and Blue Marble Health, an innovative digital health technology company, are pleased to announce they are collaborating on a new virtual asthma coaching platform, with funding support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award.
NIH awarded the SBIR funding to Blue Marble Health to develop the BREATHE (BRinging Asthma Education, Assessments, and Exercise To Everyone) virtual self-management platform. Allergy & Asthma Network will work as a sub-awardee to evaluate the feasibility of BREATHE for the delivery of asthma self-management education, with an emphasis on minority populations and people living with health disparities.
The Blue Marble Health Platform is designed to support Allergy & Asthma Network’s 6-week asthma self-management program with 1-on-1 certified asthma educators. Participants develop skills to gain a better understanding of asthma, including how to use asthma inhalers correctly and knowing what questions to …