Allergy and Asthma in the Digital Age
Guest Editors
Prof. Juan Carlos Ivancevich E-Mail
Head of the Allergy and Immunology Department at the Santa Isabel Clinic, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Associate Professor of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research Keywords: Allergic rhinitis, asthma, mHealth, treatment adherence, survey, digital health, anaphylaxis, urticaria, drug allergy, PROMs
Prof. Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda E-Mail
School of Health, Universidad Espíritu Santo-Ecuador, Samborondón, Guayas, Ecuador. Respiralab Research Group, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador.
About the Special lssue
Mobile health (mHealth) technologies, particularly mobile apps, are increasingly used for managing allergies and asthma, offering tools for self-monitoring, symptom tracking, medication reminders, and access to information and support. Topics of this special issue may include: mHealth apps for allergy and asthma management, self-monitoring, medication reminders, information and support, gamification and motivational tools, digital inhalers, artificial intelligence, spirometers, telemedicine, digital biomarkers, and wearable sensors.
Other possible topics are potential benefits of mHealth, improved adherence to treatment, enhanced self-management, increased patient satisfaction, potential for reduced healthcare costs, barriers and facilitators of digital health, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), information and communication technologies in allergy patients.
Keywords: mHealth, mobile apps, self-monitoring, artificial intelligence, telemedicine, digital biomarkers, wearable sensors, information and communication technologies