Project To address hospital admission caused by lack of medical adherence to prescription medications, WIMTACH collaborated with exactMed Ltd. to design and develop a pill dispenser machine that could be programmed to dispense a single pill at predetermined times in accordance with a patient’s prescription. Funding Type NSERC-Engage Success/Deliverable Pill dispenser prototype with features that […] Read more
According to the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, studies indicate that one-half of Canadians do not take their prescription medications as prescribed, and drug “noncompliance” is the cause of 10 per cent of all hospital admissions, 25 per cent of those pertaining to the elderly and 23 per cent of all nursing home admissions. In […] Read more
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