ActiveCare includes medication compliance technology in ActiveHome Monitoring System

Jul 8 2011

ActiveCare, Inc. (ACAR.OB) a leader in senior care technology, today announced the addition of breakthrough technology for medication compliance as part of its comprehensive ActiveHome Monitoring System.   According to a study by the Center for Health Transformation, 1 in 4 nursing home admissions is the result of not properly taking your medications.  "Our mission is to keep our members healthy and independent living in their own home," said Brent Ferrin, Executive Vice President, ActiveCare.  "By simply monitoring medication adherence and compliance our members will stay healthier and independent longer," continued Ferrin.

Partnering with MedMinder, ActiveCare's combination of monitoring services with a smart wireless pill dispenser, offers a comprehensive approach to medication adherence.  Filled once a week and looking like a standard pill box, the MedMinder solution is easy to use and communicates directly to ActiveCare's CareCenter. "When it's time to take my medication the compartment lights up on the day and time, if I take the wrong cup the pill box has an audible alert and the CareCenter gives me a call," explained Ferrin.

With wide options of visual and audible alerts and wireless cellular communication to the CareCenter, in partnership with MedMinder, ActiveCare offers a solution to increase medication compliance and adherence that allows its members to remain in their own home.  

"Partnering with ActiveCare is a realization of our vision of helping seniors stay independent at home," said Eran Shavelsky, CEO of MedMinder, Inc.  "ActiveCare brings a unique combination utilizing MedMinder's products and ActiveCare's monitoring expertise enhancing the lives of their members and their families."