Transcript Overview of Readmissions - Georgia Institute of Technology

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Adherence
With focus on medication
management
Tiffany Formby, Asger Møller, Brandon Whitehead
Healthcare Design of the Future
October 25, 2011
Consider this…
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Problem Statement
Non-adherence of medications leads to
125,000 deaths per year and over
$100 billion in indirect and direct
costs. Non-adherence could be
attributed to being unfamiliar with a
new drug, forgetting to take the
drug, and other reasons that can be
prevented with technologies.
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Pieces
to the
nonadherence
problem
Not
held
accountable
Forgetting
No exercise
regiment
Unclear
prescription
instructions
Note: NOT an exclusive list
Not
following
diet
Etc.
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Already underway…
• Pill reminder dispensers
• iPhone reminder apps
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Case study
Take
your
pill!
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Before
After
50-80%
96%
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Problems
• Understand the prescription
• How to take the medication correctly.
• Medication combination issues
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Illiteracy for
discharge
instructions, but
what about Rx
instructions?
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Everyone has a Smartphone or will be in the
next few years
Trend is everything is moving towards phones
and mobile applications
People are becoming comfortable
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Smartphone solutions
Benefits
• Visual instructions
• More than once (reiteration) – the nurse or
physician tells it one time and the patient
forgets.
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Benefits
• Ultimately saves time
• Privacy factor
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Market
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Elders
Families
Young
Adults
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