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“Alexa… what pills do I need to take today?”
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Can personal digital assistants such as Amazon Alexa help to improve patients’ adherence to their medicines? Here, the authors discuss the potential and the limitations of this technology, and describe their pilot study in patients with diabetes and other underlying health conditions.
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“Beaney et al [22] suggested that Amazon’s medication reminder skill could benefit from more development.”
From Medication Adherence Reminder System for Virtual Home Assistants: Mixed Methods Evaluation Study (2021) · cites this paper as [22]
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“Research findings indicate that voice-activated virtual home assistants, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home devices, may be useful in promoting medication adherence.”
From Medication Adherence Reminder System for Virtual Home Assistants: Mixed Methods Evaluation Study (2021) · cites this paper as [22]
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“For example, it does not have a feature for as-needed medications, that is, those not taken on a regular schedule [22].”
From Medication Adherence Reminder System for Virtual Home Assistants: Mixed Methods Evaluation Study (2021) · cites this paper as [22]
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The potential of placing a digital assistant in patients’ homes
Chambers, R., & Beaney, P. (2020) · British Journal of General Practice · doi:10.3399/bjgp20x707273 · Cited by 34
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- Hagan P., 2015, Adherence: let's take care of it
- Times Diabetes, 2019, Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly says study
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Metadata
- Authors
- Beaney, P., Kalirai, H. S., & Chambers, R.
- Affiliations
- Keele University (GB)
- Mr Hardip Singh Kalirai is a Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist (medicines commissioning) for Staffordshire CCGs and Pharmacist Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- University of Staffordshire (GB)
- ORCID
- Chambers, Ruth
- Venue
- Prescriber
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 20-23
- ISSN
- 0959-6682 (ISSN-L)
- 1931-2253
- OpenAlex
- W3037799902
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 1.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Prescriber (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Diabetes UK
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Keywords
- Amazon Alexa, personal digital assistants, medication adherence, voice assistants, diabetes mellitus, medication reminders
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