Dispensing Pills In Style
Pill Dispensers
After focusing on Letterman’s use of a simple plastic pill organizer in yesterday’s post, Letterman, Pills, & Compliance Enhancement, today seems a propitious time to take a look at a hipper, trendier version of the utilitarian, no frills pill dispenser.
Pictured above is the Helping Hand pill dispenser from Bang & Olufsen’s Medicom division. As one would expect from Bang & Olufsen, the device is attractively styled. The Helping Hand is based on and can be customized to specific blister cards and medication schedules.
The software is programmed to remind the user to take the medication with a visual or acoustic signal. In addition, the Helping Hand is touted as providing feedback to the patient via a red, yellow or green lights that indicate how well the patient has been taking the medication.
According to the web site, “The device is also being developed in several formats to assist a quick and easy data upload for physicians, patients and to support clinical trial evaluations.”
The Medicom web site also points out that “the Helping Hand device is currently not available for sale directly to patients/end users (that is to say it is not available via the shop or pharmacy). The Helping Hand is custom-made for a particular Pharmaceutical drug and programmed to meet that drug regime or schedule (eg 3 times daily, 2 times a week etc.).”
Commentary
As a fan of B&O sound equipment, I’m impressed with the styling. Otherwise, however, there seems little to differentiate the Helping Hand from other electronic pill dispensers other than the “feedback” mechanism for which no evidence of effectiveness is offered.
More information can be found at Medicom Helping Hand
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