1. Management of Mild to Moderate Asthma

3. This program will include a discussion of off-label treatment and investigational devices not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the United States.

4. Asthma in the United States: A Snapshot

5. Medication Adherence in Chronic Disease

6. Payers Are Concerned About Medication Adherence

7. Perspectives on Payer Management of Patients With Asthma to Minimize Costs of Care

8. Poor Asthma Medication Adherence What's It About?

9. Special Challenges

10. Nonadherence: The Elephant in the Room

11. Spectrum of Assessment of Adherence

12. Gold Standard: Electronic Monitoring

13. Proper Inhaler Technique Is Critical to Adherence and Asthma Control

14. Better Technique Leads to Better Adherence Emphasize Avoidance of Critical Errors

15. Monitoring Adherence to Asthma Therapy What's in the Future?

16. Payer's Perspective on Electronic Monitoring

17. Is Electronic Monitoring a Privacy Issue? Maybe Not So Much

18. Confronting Nonadherence They Didn't Teach That in Medical School

19. Finding Time for Care Management in Practice

20. Concluding Remarks

21. Abbreviations