Managing Medications
Managing medication compliance keeps getting easier. At David York Agency, we are excited about the MediSafe Project, one of the latest technological innovations to help ensure that you and your loved ones never skip or take the wrong dose of a prescribed medication or supplement. MediSafe is a user friendly app that you can download for free at their website and use to set alerts to remind you to take your various medications or supplements. This new award winning mobile pillbox technology is also a way for supportive families, friends and caregivers to identify when patients have taken medication and be alerted when they did not.
For those who don’t have smartphones, caregivers and relatives can download the app and track the medication compliance for the patient. Also, beginning in 2015, the system will become accessible to people without smartphones via an automated phone system and text messaging. Patients will be able to record medication doses via touchtone and caretakers will be able to receive alerts via incoming, automated calls.
Medication Non-Adherence
Medication non-adherence is a pervasive and costly problem in terms of time, money and health. This problem tremendously impacts health outcomes and even causes fatalities. Whether they are elderly, diabetic, or suffering from another illness, adherence is critical to patient health. In fact, the National Community Pharmacists Association estimates that it adds $290 billion to healthcare spending annually.
In the elderly, impediments to adherence include dementia and lack of adequate support from caregivers. A child, spouse, or senior caregiver is usually taking some level of responsibility for their daily routine. However, it’s hard for everyone to remember every medication on time.
MediSafe Project
MediSafe’s mission is to solve the problem of medication non-adherence and increase the power of family & friends to achieve positive, healthy outcomes for each other on a daily basis by delivering personalized medication reminder notifications specific to each patient & medication. First, it tells you when it’s time to take a medication. Afterwards, you enter that you have taken it so the software can record that for you. It is the first-of-its-kind cloud-synced mobile medication database management system with an iOS and Android mobile app. Here is a quick video to show you how it works.
David York Agency is expert at the care and management of various diseases endemic to the elderly. Furthermore, our home health aides are fully aware of the problem of missed medication doses. Moreover, most of them have smartphones that could be utilized for MediSafe if the family desires.
David York Home Healthcare Agency provides skilled home health aide services for home healthcare. We could assist you in mapping out and managing the total care of your senior loved one. Please call us at (718) 376-7755 or visit us on our website www.davidyorkagency.com to become acquainted with all we offer.
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