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'Smart' pill bottles, not just counseling, improve med adherence
Now here's a study we don't need to mock: "Smart" pill bottles that record when patients take their medication and then transmit that information to healthcare professionals helped improve medication
Mobile technologies could help slash hospital readmission rates
Unplanned hospital readmissions cost Medicare $17.4 billion a year, and as many as 76 percent of these events are preventable, says the Center for Technology and Aging, citing a 2009 study in the New
Partners study shows higher med adherence with 'smart' pill bottles
Patients who used a pill-bottle cap with a wireless transmitter to track medication adherence were far more likely to stay on their drug regimens than those in a control group, preliminary results of
Express Scripts to cover cost of wireless 'smart' pill containers
The concept of "smart" pill bottles is not new, but until now, it was just a niche product not covered by insurance. That's changing. This month, pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts will begin
