improving medication adherence

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  The iPill

Inspiration - After 30 years of practice in chronic pain management and addiction medicine, I had to find a way to monitor medication adherence to make sure my patients would take their medications as prescribes

What it does -

iPill can ·      deliver medications of any size and shape directly to patient homes ·      securely store medications to reduce misuse, diversion and accidental overdose ·      use biometric authentication to dispense medications only to the prescription holder at only the prescribed dose and time. ·      remotely monitor medication adherence to detect/remediate missed daily doses ·      alert family, friends, and caregivers for accountability, and ·      destroy unused pills at 30 days and immediately if tampered ·      bring care to patients by reducing barriers to treatment including stigma, transportation, geographical disparity, social inequality, and reduced social determinants of health.

How we built it

I built the app in swift for apple then built the first iPill dispenser in my garage

Challenges we ran into

Trying to accurately dispense 1 pill at a time Trying to dispense different different sizes and shapes of pills trying to destroy the pills if the structural integrity of the iPill was changed

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Building a android and iOS app Building a dispenser to accurately dispense one at a time that is a different shape and size. Finding a way to destroy pills if the structural integrity of the IP was changed

What we learned

We learned that turning an idea into an natural product is much harder than anticipated raising money for a project in treating pain and addiction is very difficult

What's next for improving medication adherence

Changing the standard of practice so that only the prescription holder has access to pills at only the prescribed dose

Built With

• android
• app
• react-native
• swift