Phone-Based Teach-To-Goal Inhaler Education Program for Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries With COPD

A phone-based TTG inhaler education program offered by a large national health plan demonstrated improvements in inhaler technique across different inhaler devices and subpopulations. The multiple-session approach was likely critical for longer-term retention of correct technique, though further study is needed to confirm this. Some subgroup populations are also at greater risk for baseline inhaler misuse and/or post-training inhaler misuse indicating a need for further evaluation of how to tailor inhaler education by individuals’ needs.