New SmartPill Knows When You Take It

Courtesy of The University of Florida

Here at Techmedicus we love our smartpills. This new one has been developed at the University of Florida and is specifically used to track whether a patient has taken their pills or not.

The American Heart Association calls patients’ failure to follow prescription regimens “the number one problem in treating illness today.” Studies have found, for example, that patients with chronic diseases normally take only about half their prescribed medications. According to the American Heart Association, 10 percent of hospital admissions result from patients not following the guidelines on their prescriptions. Other studies have found that not taking medication properly results in 218,000 deaths annually.

Apparently version 2.0 of this pill is in production and expected to be sent to the FDA for approval. [University of Florida]