AmeliaTek Medication Compliance

At one time I was working in a pharmacy in Gainesville, Florida, and have to mention one favorite experience I had with a patient who wanted his last antibiotic refilled. It had been filled 2 weeks prior, so it was a good bet that he had stopped it too soon. When I asked if he […]

Effective January 1, 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will increase the reimbursement paid to physicians for the time they spend talking with Medicare patients, evaluating their health, and advising them on preventative care measures. According to a recent statement from […]

When the doctors followed Medicare patients for a year, they witnessed 129 adverse events caused by patient errors. In half of those cases, the patient error was made after a doctor had changed the medication schedule, medication, or dosage. Also, patients taking 4 or more drugs were twice as likely to make mistakes. Patients on […]

With the launch of Windows Vista in Las Vegas last month, Microsoft has begun a series of focus groups in preparation for the launch of a selection of Seniors PC Offerings in the near future.
AmeliaPlex, Incorporated is pleased to announce that OnTimeRxR for Windows has been selected by Microsoft to be included in their latest Generation-Specific […]

Every major health related website talks about Compliance, because compliance it is a well-documented waster of healthcare dollars. In my opinion, those sites could and should be doing so much more. 
None of the major disease-specific sites I checked offer effective or useful compliance tools. - other than the usual list of some general ways to remember to […]

A few days ago I posted about how Doctors are to be paid extra for taking time to talk with their patients, and I suggested that Big Pharma would be wise to help bring independent living technologies like OnCellRx.com to their customers, so patients would be better able to actually benefit from the expensive medications […]

Dr. Rick Lange, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Center presents a podcast(mp3) which mentions the blister pack compliance study I covered here on December 9th. In that podcast, Dr. Lange calls it the FAME Study, for “Federal study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly”. Like I did here, Dr. Lange noted the high […]

USA Today recently reported on a study where medication blister packs were used to improve patient compliance. Blister packs are those cards of pills backed with foil that are used by many over the counter cold remedies. In this study the pharmacist tossed aside the normal pill bottles, and combined the patient’s daily medications into […]

You need to take your meds, and each one of them comes with a set of requirements. But once you have more than a few medications, it can be pretty tough to stick to the proper medication schedule. Luckily here are a few relatively simple tips that have helped many patients handle complex medication schedules, […]