Article Excerpt: The MediSafe Project, a medication adherence cloud-based mobile platform, has recently released a report claiming compliance rates of near 80 percent for patients taking type 2 diabetes medications. This app utilizes a reminder system to alert users when they need to take a medication and also incorporates family, friend and caregiver support by sending an alert if a dose is missed. Through the cloud platform, caregivers are able to track patient adherence instantaneously by way of a HIPAA compliant data monitoring system. According to the World Health Organization, general medication adherence for this population is an average of 50 percent but with this new technology, there are clear improvements in adherence rates.
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Article Source: eWeek