any kind of prescription, over-the-counter medication, nutritional supplement, or other recommended activities.
The platform uses a secure, two-way messaging system that sends a reminder message to a mobile phone, and prompts a response that is recorded in the user’s adherence report. Users can view the report online to see how well they’re sticking with their schedule, and they share the information with their healthcare provider or caretaker.
Tripi also points to two particular features:
—Care4Family enables family members to link with the patient account, so they can help monitor medication adherence. Relatives get a notification if their loved ones fail to take their medications on time.
—Care4Charity offers users an incentive by selecting a charity that will get a 5-cent donation from Janssen (through May 14, 2014) for each day they indicate they have taken all of their meds on time. The initial charities include AIDS United, American Diabetes Association, and Save the Children.
The Care4Today app can be downloaded directly from the App Store, Google Play, or the care4today website.
Author: Bruce V. Bigelow
In Memoriam: Our dear friend Bruce V. Bigelow passed away on June 29, 2018. He was the editor of Xconomy San Diego from 2008 to 2018. Read more about his life and work here.
Bruce Bigelow joined Xconomy from the business desk of the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was a member of the team of reporters who were awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for uncovering bribes paid to San Diego Republican Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham in exchange for special legislation earmarks. He also shared a 2006 award for enterprise reporting from the Society of Business Editors and Writers for “In Harm’s Way,” an article about the extraordinary casualty rate among employees working in Iraq for San Diego’s Titan Corp. He has written extensively about the 2002 corporate accounting scandal at software goliath Peregrine Systems. He also was a Gerald Loeb Award finalist and National Headline Award winner for “The Toymaker,” a 14-part chronicle of a San Diego start-up company. He takes special satisfaction, though, that the series was included in the library for nonfiction narrative journalism at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
Bigelow graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1977 with a degree in English Literature and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1979. Before joining the Union-Tribune in 1990, he worked for the Associated Press in Los Angeles and The Kansas City Times.
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