Benchmarking

MSD-P09321

Current Medical Industry• 32 million Americans are taking three or more medications daily.

• Almost 29% of Americans stop taking their medicine before it runs out.

• 22 % of Americans take less of the medication than is prescribed on the label.

• 23 % of all nursing home admissions are due to patients failing to take prescription medications accurately.

• Up to 59 % of those on five or more medications are taking them improperly.

• In 2000, 43 % of those who ended up in hospital emergency rooms from drug overdoses were there because of misusing prescription drugs

• More than 17 % of adults over 60 abuse prescription drugs.

The No.1 problem in treating illness today is patients' failure to take prescription medications correctly, regardless of

patient age.

Current Home Drug Use

• Prescription is filled at drug store

• Instructions are printed on label

• Medication is placed in a medicine cabinet

• User is responsible for taking medication at appropriate times

E-Pill MD.2

• An automated medicine dispenser

• Pros– Automatically dispenses

medicine at preset times– Has a reminder system– Calls emergency contacts

in case the medicine has not been taken

• Cons– Zero security

Medready

• An automated medicine dispenser that rotates at preset intervals to provide a new dosage

• Pros– 28 doses– Reminder system

• Cons– Limited security

MSD P09321

• An automated medicine dispenser with high levels of security and reporting capabilities.

• Our main goal is not to provide the ultimate ideal of medicine dispensing, but to provide a method of dispensing far safer than the technology used today. X/Security

xXXReminder System

XXXAutomatic pill dispenser

XXXReporting services

MSDE-pillMedre-ady

References

• http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=107

• http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/prevalert/v6/4.aspx

• http://www.medreadyinc.com/

• http://www.epill.com/md2.html