What is it?
This Digital Pill tells the doctor whether the medication is forgotten or not. It’s a digital tracker that tells the doctors if their patients are taking their drugs on time and correctly. The tracker is processed in the regular medication of the patient. With a sensor the size of a grain of sand the patient won’t notice anything.
Each tracker will send a message to the related app, it will warn at the moment that the pill comes in contact with the gastric acid. The app can thereafter send a text message to the doctor or nurse, showing that the patient has taken his/her medication. So they can directly see which pills on what moment of the day are taken, or when they forgot a pill.
But maybe the most important thing: what kind of effect the medication has on the patient.
Why is it cool?
It can decrease the number of wasted drugs and it can warn family members when the medication is not taken properly by elderly relatives.
Why does it has future growth potential?
Sustainability is very important at the moment, so wasting must be reduced.
They will also cut back on health care and the care of older people. It’s easier for the family members when they can control the use of medication on this way.
check out these websites for more information:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10279007/The-pill-that-can-text-from-inside-the-body.html
http://numrush.nl/2013/09/04/digitale-pil-vertelt-doctor-of-medicatie-vergeten-wordt/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/425962/Digital-pill-tells-doctors-if-patients-are-taking-their-drugs-right
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