Adherence & Retention
pill box with electronic device to count the amount of time it has been opened
Dear all,
Does any of you know of a pill box, containing all the drugs for say a
month (for every day separately), which has an inbuilt electronic device
to count the times the box has been opened?
The health service provider can then read out the frequency of box
opening and in this way estimate the adherence to treatment.
Is there a company who produce something like this?
Thank you,
Stefanie Castell
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Dr. med. Stefanie Castell, MSc
Deutsches Zentralkomitee zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose
German Central Committee against Tuberculosis
Stralauer Platz 34
D-10243 Berlin
Tel: +49 - (0)30 - 2936 2701
Fax: +49 - (0)30 - 2936 2702
E-Mail:
www.dzk-tuberkulose.de
K. Rivet Amico, PhD
WisePill might be a good option for this.
http://www.wisepill.com/mediscern/index.php
It is a really interesting device that is pretty attractive in looks and user friendly. This device counts the number of times it has been opened and can signal that to a server via cellular phone technology. I don’t think it has a function for how long the device has been opened for a single opening event, but has great real-time counts. The company is also really flexible and responsive.
Jessica can add more here- she has a lot of experience with using this device. I just recently started using WisePill in HPTN067 and have been really impressed to date.
Rivet
8:00 AM, 9 Dec 2011 | Permalink
Jessica Haberer, MD, MS
Yes, Wisepill would likely provide the information you need. It involves a inner medication holder that can have either 2 or 7 compartments. It can probably hold a month’s worth of drugs, depending on the size of the pills. It also has an automatic system for notifying patients (or health care providers or anyone else for that matter) by SMS if they have missed their drugs for a customizable dosing period. If you are planning to use this device in a resource-limited setting with limited cellular network coverage, let me know. It still works, but we’ve had to implement a number of strategies to ensure reliable signal transmission (e.g. backing up GPRS data transmission with SMS, using a “heart beat” or automatic daily signal to ensure device functionality).
Regards,
Jessica
2:16 AM, 10 Dec 2011 | Permalink
Catherine Klapperich
We have some lower cost alternatives in development in our lab. These do the same thing but will be open source. Happy to talk more in person.
8:47 AM, 10 Dec 2011 | Permalink
bernard rabiel
A research has been done to prove the efficiency of the pill box
Romans1:16-20
12:58 PM, 10 Dec 2011 | Permalink