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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

Medical-alert jewelry lets high-risk patients access critical data in emergencies

Call it smart jewelry. We tend to ignore most stories about personal health records because, despite the hype, PHRs haven't exactly caught on with the public. But when Tiffany & Co. comes up with

Hospital to test medication text reminders for teenage transplant patients

We all know teens love to text and we've seen the studies showing text reminders help boost medication adherence in some adolescent and adult populations, but what if it's for a serious condition

BlackBerrys link organ donors, recipients in UK

A health trust in Birmingham, England, has begun a two-month trial of transplant coordination on BlackBerrys to help match liver donors to recipients as quickly as possible. With technology from