智能药瓶 健忘必备

首先,我们来看一个非常有用的新发明:智能药瓶.其目的是确保病人遵守医嘱,减少忘记服药的可能性. A report by the CBS News says that getting patients to take their pills is a big problem in the medical field. With complex illnesses come multiple prescriptions and complicated instructions that patients can find hard to follow. A pharmacy group reports that failing to take medications properly adds about $290 billion a year to healthcare costs, and it's estimated to cause 125,000 premature deaths annually in the U.S. alone. Josh Stein, CEO and co-founder of AdhereTech says his New York-based company has invented a smart pill bottle with built-in cell phone technology that alerts you to take your medication when you are supposed to.