Transcript Benchmarking

Benchmarking
MSD-P09321
Current Medical Industry
• 32 million Americans are taking three or more medications daily.
• Almost 29% of Americans stop taking their medicine before it runs
out.
• 22 % of Americans take less of the medication than is prescribed on
the label.
• 23 % of all nursing home admissions are due to patients failing to
take prescription medications accurately.
• Up to 59 % of those on five or more medications are taking them
improperly.
• In 2000, 43 % of those who ended up in hospital emergency rooms
from drug overdoses were there because of misusing prescription
drugs
• More than 17 % of adults over 60 abuse prescription drugs.
The No.1 problem in treating illness today is patients' failure
to take prescription medications correctly, regardless of
patient age.
Current Home Drug Use
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Prescription is filled at drug store
Instructions are printed on label
Medication is placed in a medicine cabinet
User is responsible for taking medication at
appropriate times
E-Pill MD.2
• An automated medicine
dispenser
• Pros
– Automatically dispenses
medicine at preset times
– Has a reminder system
– Calls emergency contacts
in case the medicine has
not been taken
• Cons
– Zero security
Medready
• An automated
medicine dispenser
that rotates at preset
intervals to provide a
new dosage
• Pros
– 28 doses
– Reminder system
• Cons
– Limited security
MSD P09321
• An automated medicine
dispenser with high levels
of security and reporting
capabilities.
• Our main goal is not to
provide the ultimate ideal
of medicine dispensing,
but to provide a method
of dispensing far safer
than the technology used
today.
Medready
E-pill MSD
Reporting
services
X
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X
Automatic
pill
dispenser
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Reminder
System
X
X
x
Security
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X
References
• http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml
?identifier=107
• http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/prevalert/v
6/4.aspx
• http://www.medreadyinc.com/
• http://www.epill.com/md2.html