It might look trivial, but medication adherence (taking medicine on time) is a big challenge in our world today. You must have never realized this, but medication non-adherence can be very costly to you as a patient. And thousands of lives are lost because of this every year. USA loses 100 to 300 billion USD (6 to 20 lacs crore Read More …
Medication Reminders Can Save Thousands of Lives Yearly
It might look trivial, but medication adherence (taking medicine on time) is a big challenge in our world today. You must have never realized this, but medication non-adherence can be very costly to you as a patient. And thousands of lives are lost because of this every year. USA loses 100 to 300 billion USD (6 to 20 lacs crore Read More …
Courtesy – Telegraph article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11275603/Texting-patients-to-remind-them-to-take-pills-could-save-thousands-of-lives-a-year.html Texting patients to remind them to take drugs could prevent the deaths of thousands of people from stroke or heart attack and save the NHS millions of pounds each year, a new study suggests. Currently £500 million is wasted each year because patients do not continue their prescribed medication. However a new study by Queen