Medication adherence system

A medication assurance system comprising a medicine dispensing cup with electronic sensing, the medicine dispensing cup comprising:

• a sensor portion including a housing, the housing containing and/or securing a power supply and a camera, the camera directed upwardly and positioned at the top of the housing;
• a medicine containment portion attached to the sensor portion, the medicine containment portion having a sidewall and a bottom wall defining an open top and a medicine receiving region for holding consumable medicine placed within the medicine containment portion via the open top, the medicine containment portion including a transparent or semi-transparent portion on the bottom wall, the transparent or semi-transparent portion aligned with the camera such that the camera views upwardly through the bottom wall;
• wherein when the medicine dispensing cup is raised for consumption of the medicine by a patient, the sensor portion with the camera is raised and the camera captures images of the patient's face and mouth through the bottom wall of the medicine containment portion as the medicine dispensing cup is moved toward the patient.