Health- informedix Medical Monitors

New Technology Helping Caregivers

Keeping track of the medicines taken by elder parents and the times when they’re supposed to take them is getting easier. The new Med-eMonitor, an interactive and

attributed to the lack of medication adherence. The Med-eMonitor system provides daily reporting of patient-specific medication adherence, quality of life assessment, and physical data via a normal phone line to a secure Internet site. The system alerts the caregiver through an e-mail, text message, fax, or page if the date on the patient indicates poor adherence or declining health.

In the end, InforMedix, Inc., the developer of the Med-eMonitor System, hopes to educate and empower patients and their caregivers while putting them in more direct control of their healthcare or the healthcare of a loved one.

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pillbox, is helping to ease the stress of dispensing medicines and monitoring health-related conditions including weight and blood pressure. According to research by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, over $48-billion in hospital costs alone are