Method, system and device for assisting a patient in complying with a medical regime

A system for assisting a patient in complying with a medical regimen having a plurality of medicines, comprising:

• a package having a plurality of containers, each container having a portion of each of the plurality of medicines, the package comprising machine-readable information about the regimen, wherein the package comprises a strip containing the plurality of containers, and wherein the dispensing device includes a housing, a holding element within the housing to take up the strip of containers, an assisting device that engages the strip to separate one or more containers from the strip adjacent an outlet opening of the housing, and wherein the holding element is mounted to a part of the housing adjacent the outlet opening, and wherein the strip of medicine containers, the holding element and the part of the housing are exchangeable as a unit;
• an electronic dispensing device to be used by the patient which stores the package and dispenses separately each of the plurality of containers within the package and comprises electronics, wherein the electronics register operation of the dispensing device by the patient to take medicine, and wherein the electronics includes a reading element that reads the information about the regimen on the package and a warning device that outputs a signal at least on the basis of the machine-readable information on the package;
• a service center;
• and
• a communicating network that is operably connected to the service center and the dispensing device and communicates information between the dispensing device and the service center, wherein the service center includes information about the regimen, and wherein the dispensing device and the service center communicate information about the regimen.