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A new telemedicine drug study will use wireless technology to test if subtle visual reminders will help hypertension patients take their medication, InformationWeek reports.
Partners Telemedicine's study will evaluate patient adherence to drug regimes when the instructions are given through a "nonclinical-looking reminder." The six-month study will include 50 to 70 Boston-area patients. For three months patients will not receive a visual reminder and for the other three months they will have glowing reminders from an Ambient Devices orb to take their medication, according to InformationWeek. Software vendor Claricode developed the Smart PillBox, which will send a wireless signal to a central application via Partners' remote paging system. The central application then will send a message to the orb, which turns from red to green when patients take their medication. The orb also turns red in the morning to remind patients to take their pills (McGee, InformationWeek, 10/3). |
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