New Adherence Technology Brings Social Networking To Healthcare
iReminder Creates Personal Healthcare Networks
WESTFIELD, NJ --(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 21, 2007
– Taking a page from the social networking playbook,
iReminder, LLC (iReminder.com)
has developed Compliance for Life™,
a medication reminder system that enables patients
to build a personal healthcare network of family members,
caregivers and case managers who support their compliance
efforts. Despite numerous industry and governmental
programs to improve adherence and persistence, the
percentage of people with a chronic illness who comply
with their medication regimen typically ranges from
20% to 50%, and non-compliance costs the U.S. $300
billion a year. Compliance for Life was
developed to connect patients with those who can
most help them adhere to their treatment regimen.
“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.
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iReminder, LLC
iReminder, LLC is a healthcare technology
company focused on increasing medication adherence.
The company’s flagship product, Compliance
for Life™, is an automated medication
reminder system with unique personalization features
for message, mode and timing of delivery. It
offers tools that let patients build a healthcare
network of family members, caregivers and case managers
who support their compliance efforts.
For more information, visit iReminder.com or call 877-326-3293.
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