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New Adherence Technology Brings Social Networking To Healthcare WESTFIELD, NJ --(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 21, 2007 Taking a page from the social networking play book, iReminder, LLC has developed Compliance for Life "Just as social networks have changed the way people communicate and interact, personal healthcare networks will transform the way patients and their families deal with non-compliance," said Amy J. Yoffie, CEO of iReminder. "Compliance for Life is a personal healthcare network that creates a therapeutic partnership among patients, family members, case managers, and medical providers. The patient's personal network improves compliance by monitoring adherence and intervening when necessary." Compliance for Life offers reminders personalized in the voice of the person who sets them up so, for example, if a son creates reminders for his mother, she will hear his voice delivering them. The system lets recipients choose multiple delivery options: phone, email, and/or text message. Its customizable distribution system "finds" patients, even when their schedules vary, by routing reminders through a series of attempts until a successful contact is made. Members invited to be part of a patient's healthcare network can set up medication and other medical-related reminders, doctors' appointments, medical tests, refills, etc., as long as they obtain permission from the patient in advance. Users of Compliance for Life create reminders online or by phone. When licensed to disease management firms, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and managed care organizations, Compliance for Life frees care managers from routine, repetitive adherence calls, giving them more time to focus on urgent cases. The system can be integrated into their existing programs or offered as a stand-alone service. Compliance for Life also is licensed to pharmacies, associations, and non-profits, which, in turn, offer it as a direct-to-consumer program. Licensees can include a brief series of questions to determine whether the patient needs to be seen or wants a medical provider who is a member of their network to call them. Compliance for Life plans to offer modules that let patients review regimen instructions, hear reasons for staying on medication, improve symptom awareness, and obtain self-management strategies. iReminder offers an application service provider (ASP) model so that customers can use Compliance for Life's patent-pending technology without burdening their IT department. Alternatively, licensees can install the Compliance for Life technology on their own premises. Both models allow licensees to private label the system. About iReminder |
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