medication management

Includes electronic pill boxes, medication reminders, remote configuration of medication doses

Is Tech a Four Letter Word?

Do some professionals think we're speaking another language? Maybe it's just my particular experience. But have you ever tried to discuss aging in place technology with a home care agency or other caregiver group and watched them morph into that blank stare, I-don’t-like-or-trust-technology catatonic state? A while ago, I was at a presentation given by the West Wireless Health Institute.  In the room were dozens of caregiver organizations – home care agencies, disease affinity groups, senior centers, etc. The presentation was fascinating – GloCaps, Band-Aid heart monitors -- all kinds of neat health gadgets as well as the challenges that lie ahead with deployment and acceptance. >>> Read more . . .

Missed meds cost more than $250 billion per year

USA Today: Study with Express Scripts suggests mail order process could help.

06/11/2011

Automated dosing reminder study finds increased adherence

Study demonstrates that automated reminders do help with medication management.

06/10/2011

IDEAL LIFE Introduces Breakthrough Technology in Medication Adherence

04/29/2011

TORONTO - April 29, 2011 - Responsible for 89,000 premature deaths and $100 billion in avoidable hospitalizations annually1, medication non-adherence is one of healthcare's most serious and costly challenges. Offering consumers, providers, family members and the healthcare community a real solution to this serious problem, IDEAL LIFE Inc., the ISO-certified industry leader in remote health management solutions, introduces a wireless medication management tool as the latest addition to its revolutionary medical system. >>> Read more . . .

ePill Medication Reminder Wristwatch Leads in Med Reminders

03/16/2011

Wellesley, MA (Boston) -- ePill, the leading provider of medication reminders, makes a Medication Reminder that fits right on your wrist. The easy-to-set e-pill CADEX Medication Reminder 12 Alarm Watch with Medical ID (www.cadexwatch.com) can alert you to take your medications up to 12 times per day. >>> Read more . . .

HealthOneMed’s Innovative Dispense-A-Pill (DAP) Helps You Manage All Your Medications

03/08/2011

Patented Personal Medication Manager Integrates the Capabilities of Pillboxes, Reminders, Pill Dispensers and Medication Alert Devices into Single Easy-to-Use Device. >>> Read more . . .

Why isn't tech more appealing?

Lots of 'health' invention.  Next week I am going to Connected Health in Boston, where I will no doubt walk up and down aisles filled with medication management, chronic disease devices, and every type of tech to help doctors do a better job of care of their patients -- and presumably to help patients take better care of themselves. >>> Read more . . .

GreatCall Announces Medication Reminder Service for Improved Compliance and Well Being

08/24/2010

Company Also Announces Check in Call Service for Peace of Mind and Sense of Security >>> Read more . . .

Technologies help adult children monitor aging parents

Remote monitoring (BeClose, GrandCare), medication reminders (MedMinder and iReminder).

07/29/2010
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