Medication Adherence System for and Method of Monitoring a Patient Medication Adherence and Facilitating Dose Reminders

Abstract

A medication adherence system for and method of monitoring a patient's medication adherence and facilitating dose reminder notifications is disclosed. The medication adherence system includes data-enabled pharmaceutical containers, wherein the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers provide mechanisms for reminding at dose time, then tracking and communicating valid dose events, as well as missed, extra, early, and/or late dose events. The medication adherence system includes a centralized server for collecting and processing the patient-specific information from the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers. Information may be exchanged between the centralized server and the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers via a cellular network and/or the Internet.

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