The issue of patient non-compliance: Response to a Costly Health Problem
Presented at the 2002 International Pharmaceutical Congress New York, April 2002
Introduction
Health care costs threaten to overwhelm the economy. New technologies, pharmaceuticals and procedures add enormous costs to health care budgets. With advances in health care people are living longer, shifting the burden of the costs to an increasingly smaller percentage of the population. As population demographics shift to the older end of the spectrum, there is more opportunity for age-related chronic health problems to develop, further exacerbating the problem.
Information Mediary Corporation is dedicated to reducing health care costs by developing leading edge devices, systems, business models and technologies. This White Paper addresses the issue
of patient non-compliance and outlines Information Mediary Corporation's solution. The Med-ic ECM (Electronic Compliance Monitor) is an electronic inventory monitoring system designed to address
the issue of patient non-compliance with
prescribed medication.