Pill Reminders Can Save Billions

Nov. 13, 2012 - PRLog -- This Medical Trends Cost annual report was published on  June 01, 2010 and factored the impact of the many,many variables. Includied is  the US economy  which continues to emerge from the recession.  Also Factored in was healthcare reform, which has phased-in features that begin in 2011 and continue today .  The increases in medical costs are expected to be slightly less than 2009 however are still  projected to significantly outpace the  current rate of inflation.  This  raises the question about sustainability and if health reform can truly create a more effecient market  and cut costs.

The reportfrom 2009 correctly forecast some of the trends in 2010 and this new report details how the trends from 2010r will carry over to impact 2011 and beyond.  . Key trends that both helped increase and mitigate medical costs are identified and explained in greater detail in the report.

One area where costs have been analazed is in medication compliance.  People are forgetting to take their medication as prescibed and this is leading to huge and unneccesary cost.  A simple thing like forgetting to take medication at the proper time has been estimated to add well over 290 billion to the over all health care costs.  The soulstion is complicated yet simple.

Medication reminders range for phone calls from loved ones to programmable pill dispensers like the MED-Q Pill box.  Some seniors have put apps on their smart phomnes to help them remember.  Overall, the ability to take medication as prescribed at the proper times and in the proper amounts can have an huge effect on eliminating umneccesary medical procedures and the costs asscociated with unwarranted hospital stays.  Simple technology can be key to preventing the waste from medication Non-Compliance.

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troy Hollbrook

MED-Q PILLBOX

Pheoenix, AZ