The new NexDose® Medication Therapy Management System helps patients remember to take their meds. Poor adherence to medication regimens costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. Strategies that appear to have some effect on long-term regimens involve a combination of counseling, reminders, self-monitoring, feedback and supportive care.

Poor adherence contributes to more than 125,000 deaths from cardiac disease each year and is a major cause for admission to hospitals and nursing homes. Excess costs in the U.S. associated with patient non-adherence are estimated to be more than $100 billion annually. More than 50% of prescribed medications are not taken properly. Although many factors contribute to poor adherence, the most common reason cited by patients is that they simply “sometimes forget.”

The NexDose® system includes elements that have been shown to improve adherence. Strategies that appear to have some effect on long-term regimens involve a combination of counseling, reminders, self monitoring, feedback and supportive care. The NexDose® System supports this approach to improving adherence.

The NexDose® Digital Assistant reminds patients to take medication on time and monitors their performance. Connection of the digital assistant to the online database allows remote programming and gives healthcare providers access to patient adherence data. Its user-friendly features were designed with extensive input from patients, physicians, researchers, and pharmacists.

For further information call 888-848-6639 or visit www.nexdose.com.

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