What You Should Know: - CipherHealth, a leader in patient engagement technology, announced a new Medication Affordability & Adherence Program that aims to increase access to life-saving medications and improve medication adherence for patients by addressing a major barrier: cost. - With this latest program, CipherHealth continues to pave the way in digital healthcare by including access to medication affordability options as a seamless part of outreach to patients. The High
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Medication Adherance
Survey: 75% of Clinicians Feel Medication Management Process is Flawed
A new BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) survey conducted by HIMSS Analytics®, 2017 Medication Management and Safety Survey, found more than 75 percent of physicians, nurses and pharmacists surveyed described the medication management process as “flawed,” “fragmented,” “disjointed” and “primitive.” The survey of 153 physicians, nurses and pharmacists, and 1,131 patients and their family members sheds light on the current state of patient safety, patient perceptions toward medication management
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Medisafe Nabs $14.5M to Scale Personalized Medication Management Platform
Medisafe, the leading personalized medication management platform with almost three and a half million patient and caregiver registered users announced that it has raised $14.5 million in Series B funding from Octopus Ventures and M Ventures. Other investors participating from previous rounds include Pitango Venture Capital, 7wire ventures, lool Ventures, TriVentures, Qualcomm Ventures and Eyal Gura. The company plans to use the funding to increase sales, marketing and engineering staff and open
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Surescripts Expands Medication Management for Adherence Solution
Surescripts is expanding its medication management services to help providers address problems with a patient’s adherence to their medication regimen—a dangerous and costly issue for both patients and the healthcare system as a whole. Surescripts’ Medication Management for Adherence solution delivers real-time messages and alerts directly into the provider’s EHR software during the patient visit. Now, more than 6,300 care providers using software from Agastha, Aprima Medical Software,
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Walgreens Study: Pill Reminder, Activity Tracking Features Improves Medication Adherance
Walgreens mobile pill reminder feature and its activity tracking digital health solutions has improved medication adherence among pharmacy patients, according to two recent company studies. Recent Walgreens research has shown that consumers over 50 years of age who track activities through its Balance® Rewards for healthy choices (BRhc) program, which awards loyalty points for healthy behaviors and activities, are more adherent to their medication therapies. A separate Walgreens study found that
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