Medication Adherence Apps Raise Healthcare Hopes
Posted: July 9th, 2014 | Author: Lindsay | Filed under: Basics, Controlled Substances, In the News, Newsletter | Tags: Apple, apps, digital health, DoseSpot, e-Prescribing, e-Prescribing Integration, medication adherence, MediSafe, MyMedSchedule, RxmindMe, smartphones, surescripts | No Comments »
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We’re all about changing the face of America’s prescription system. With our e-prescribing integration platforms, the goal is to make prescription writing and transmission more efficient and secure. Another technological tool making some innovative headway on the prescription front is the smartphone medication adherence app.
Medication non-adherence is a prevalent and costly problem that contributes to poor treatment outcomes and exhausts valuable healthcare resources. The 2013 National Report on Medication Adherence in America estimated that non-adherence is costing the U.S. health care system a whopping $290 billion annually! Interventions to mitigate non-adherence have been largely unsuccessful in the past, but a slew of easy-to-use apps are hoping to improve outcomes.
Using Apple, Android, or Blackberry smartphones, patients can download medication adherence apps such as (hyperlink) MyMedSchedule, MediSafe and RxmindMe, and set basic medication reminders, create schedules, track lab results and more. Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop once said, “drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them†and if medication adherence apps can reduce existing headache-inducing treatment blunders, U.S. healthcare providers may finally be able to breathe a much needed sigh of relief.
Sources: Medscape and National Community Pharmacists Association
For more information on medication adherence apps that are currently on the market, explore this helpful link from the American Pharmacists Association:
http://www.pharmacist.com/medication-adherence-there%E2%80%99s-app.
CHALLENGE: Calling all tech-powered women! Do you have what it takes to tackle the U.S. medication adherence issue? If so, check out the 2014 Surescripts Adherence Challenge. Applications are being accepted through July 22!
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