A method of supporting adherence, of a user, to a medication regimen, comprising:
- by a processor-based wearable computing device that is one of wrist-worn, pendant worn or armband worn, and capable of stand-alone, independent and local execution of processor instruction code and having local data storage configured to store at least medication information and scheduling information, the wearable computing device including a display and an embedded cellular transceiver, the wearable computing device configured to communicate and cooperate with a caregiver component and a webserver component, which together with the wearable computing device comprise a coordinated care system;
- storing received medication information that characterizes one or more prescribed medications, including at least medication identification information including at least image information sufficient to render a recognizable image of the medication to be taken, the recognizable image being a photographic image captured from the medication that was filled by a pharmacy, the recognizable image depicting a quantity of the medication to be taken, and prescribed dosing information selectively including (i) when food is required to be taken with, before, or after the medication, (ii) when the medication is to be taken at a specific time, and (iii) personalized voice instructions, comprising a medication name, the quantity of the medication, and/or instructions on how the medication should be taken, that are voiced in a family member's voice, associated with each of the one or more medications, the medication information received from one or both of the caregiver component and the webserver component;
- locally generating and storing, by the wearable computing device and independent of network connectivity, a visually-renderable reminder schedule based on the received medication information, prescribed dosing information, and a meal schedule associated with the user, the reminder schedule generated to coordinate the meal schedule with when food is required to be taken with the medication and/or when the medication is to be taken at a specific time;
- displaying (i) the medication identification information including at least the recognizable image of the medication and (ii) dosing information selectively including when food is required to be taken with, before or after the medication, and when the medication is to be taken at a specific time, associated with at least one of the one or more medications according to the reminder schedule;
- generating, based on the reminder schedule and independent of network connectivity, an initial notification indicating that the medication identification information is being displayed;
- monitoring a response input instrumentality configured to receive a response indicating that the at least one of the one or more medications has been administered;
- for each of the one or more medications displayed, generating a medication status describing that either (i) the medication has been administered or (ii) the response has not been received;
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- when the medication status indicates that the response has not been received, (i) activating a camera integrated into the wearable computing device, and (ii) conveying the medication status to a caregiver, and receiving a subsequent reminder from the caregiver in response to the conveyed medication status.