Current Trends in Electronic Medication Reminders for Self Care

Poor medication adherence can put a financial burden on the healthcare system.

“Poor medication adherence can also put a financial burden on the healthcare system.2”

Existing medication adherence interventions in self-care settings require caregiver involvement, which is often disadvantaged by high-resource delivery needs and mostly impractical for everyday clinical practice settings.

“Existing medication adherence interventions in self-care settings require caregiver involvement, which is often disadvantaged by high-resource delivery needs and mostly impractical for everyday clinical practice settings.2 14”

In-home reminder systems such as automatic pill dispensers ensure that accidental overdose is avoided.

“This kind of reminder system does not only remind the patient to take the medication, but also ensures that accidental overdose is avoided.2”

Poor, inconsistent and interrupted adherence behaviour leads to negative consequences on care, especially for patients with serious health conditions and elderly patients.

“The poor, inconsistent and interrupted adherence behaviour has been shown to lead to negative consequences on care, especially for patients with serious health conditions and elderly patients.2”

In the last two decades, advances have been taken to support medication adherence among older adults through different eHealth interventions.

“Consequently, in the last two decades, advances have been taken to support medication adherence among older adults through different eHealth interventions.2 15”