The pillphone® is the only FDA-cleared application for medication adherence and patient engagement. It provides a 2FA, MFA, and biometrically secured mobile communication system between patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.
The pillphone® increases patient education, supports chronic conditions, increases medication adherence, and avoids non-urgent use of ER. The secure communication platform increases staff productivity by allowing the medical team to remotely monitor and support patients outside the walls of the physician’s office, pharmacy, or hospital.
pillphone Architecture
Virtual Care, Remote Monitoring, and Clinical Communications
pillphone is an FDA-cleared enterprise level mobile communication platform connecting healthcare providers with patients and providing support when the patients are outside of the medical facility. It streamlines workflows and improves care team communication and collaboration with the patient by offering personalized relevant two-way interactive secure messaging and real-time remote medication monitoring.
The pillphone app works on smartphones and tablets. It offers an interactive permission based provider portal for remote monitoring, secure messaging, surveys, and educational videos. It is designed to be thoroughly integrated with other healthcare systems. The pillphone server can be hosted in the cloud or on a healthcare provider’s premises.
Features
- Patient Medication List
- Searchable Medication Information
- Medication Reminders
- Missed Dosage Alerts
- Dosage Diaries
- Family Member / Caregiver Support
- Extensive Medication Database
- Available in English and Spanish, with support for additional languages
Benefits
- Lowers healthcare costs
- Improves patient outcomes
- Increases medication adherence
- Accelerates prescription refills
- Reduces preventable hospital readmissions
- Avoids non-urgent use of ER
- Manages chronic disease
- Increases CMS star rating
- Automates & digitizes clinical trials
pillphone Provides Value for All Stakeholders
Medication Non-Adherence: A $300 Billion Problem
Medication nonadherence results in approximately 125,000 preventable deaths a year
64 percent of readmissions within 30 days are due to medication issues
Half of all patients do not take their medications as prescribed
Adherence is lowest among patients with chronic illnesses
Reference: Copyright ©2011 Walgreen Corporation. All rights reserved. Georgia Hospital Association Reducing Readmission Learning Collaborative – November 7, 2012.
Clinical Trial shows trends in improving medication and adherence in high risk population using pillphone
The pillphone is backed by a medication study included in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (Volume 7/Issue 3, May 2013), which shows promise in improving medication adherence.
For the patient, the mobile app’s format makes the pillphone easy to download, understand, and use. In addition, it incorporates biometric authentication, allowing patient piece of mind that their sensitive medication information is protected and secured.
