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		<title>The Must-See Medication Reminder Video</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2010/04/22/the-must-see-medication-reminder-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Context-Aware Pill Bottle and Medication Monitor Video &#8211; Great Without Glitz There is nothing technologically unique about the Context-Aware Pill Bottle and Medication Monitor (an accurate but not  euphonious and decidedly not catchy name) from the University of Calgary, and there is certainly nothing slick in the production values of the video  about that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Adherence Fun &#8211; HealthPrize Technologies</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/10/29/more-adherence-fun-healthprize-technologies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after publishing Patient Compliance And The F Word, my post about Jonathan Richman&#8217;s essay, The Only Way Pharma Can Improve Compliance: Fun, I serendipitously heard from Katrina Firlik, MD, who introduces herself as a neurosurgeon-turned-entrepreneur, now founder and chief medical officer of a new start-up in the medication adherence space: www.healthprize.net. On checking that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capshell Pill Dispenser Flashy, Fashionable</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/02/19/capshell-pill-dispenser-flashy-fashionable/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/02/19/capshell-pill-dispenser-flashy-fashionable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Same Old Functions But It Does Look Slick The Capshell, featured at the  Yanko Design Blog, operates much like the other automated pill dispensers: The device records when medication is taken, and shows the user the correct intervals programmed by the pharmacist. If not activated at the correct time, the device sends an alert to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Patient Compliance Theater Is On The Air</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/11/13/the-patient-compliance-theater-is-on-the-air/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/11/13/the-patient-compliance-theater-is-on-the-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AlignMap In Cites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient's Role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medication adherence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alignmap In Cites Goes Video A plethora of compliance-pertinent videos are now available online.  I&#8217;ve begun posting some of these flicks on this blog&#8217;s tumblelog counterpart, AlignMap In Cites. Videos selected for the AlignMap In Cites Patient Compliance Theater meet one or more of the following inclusion criteria: Presentations of patient compliance research that briefly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zume Patient Compliance Application Demonstration</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/11/12/zume-patient-compliance-application-demonstration/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/11/12/zume-patient-compliance-application-demonstration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patient compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reminders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video Demonstration Of Zume From Health 2.0 Conference The Zuri electronic medication reminder application produced by Zume, which was discussed in this blog three months ago (see Popularizing Patient Compliance Technology), was demonstrated at the Health 2.0 Conference (San Francisco, Oct 2008). The video has made it to YouTube and, while the production values owe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research Shows Personalized Text Messages Effective And Economic &#8211; To Get Out The Vote</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/11/02/research-shows-personalized-text-messages-effective-and-economic-to-get-out-the-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/11/02/research-shows-personalized-text-messages-effective-and-economic-to-get-out-the-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do Same Findings Hold For Patient Compliance? Readers may recall that I recently promoted Expanding The Patient Compliance Knowledgebase by considering data from fields beyond healthcare that are potentially pertinent to treatment adherence. With that in mind, read the following excerpts from Texts You Can Believe In1 By Farhad Manjoo, published at Slate.com Oct. 27, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robot Enhancement of Treatment Adherence</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/10/18/robot-enhancement-of-treatment-adherence/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/10/18/robot-enhancement-of-treatment-adherence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adherence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my perpetual efforts to catch up with my reading in the area of patient compliance, I came across two recent entries at Medication Non-Adherence, Another Home Robot to Improve Medication Adherence and Would You Trust Your Eldercare To A Robot?, discussing the development of robots to enhance adherence to treatment among the elderly. Both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Popularizing Patient Compliance Technology</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/08/19/popularizing-patient-compliance-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/08/19/popularizing-patient-compliance-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medication compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medication reminders]]></category>

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		<title>Cash For Compliance &#8211; Benefit or Bribe?</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/08/01/cash-for-compliance-benefit-or-bribe/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/08/01/cash-for-compliance-benefit-or-bribe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medication compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Medication Blister Pack Lottery Ticket1 Aetna-sponsored Clinical Trial Of Lottery As Incentive For Coumadin Therapy Adherence This story has been kicking around for over a month, evoking a variety of responses from the lay press, healthcare-oriented blogs, bioethicists, and the occasional patient compliance junkie. Apparently, I can&#8217;t resist getting in on the action. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Medication Dose Packaging Plan Promoted</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/04/17/another-medication-dose-packaging-plan-promoted/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/04/17/another-medication-dose-packaging-plan-promoted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medication compliance]]></category>
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		<title>Welcome To Australian Rules Medication Compliance</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/04/01/welcome-to-australian-rules-medication-compliance/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/04/01/welcome-to-australian-rules-medication-compliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, as far as I know, there are no medication compliance tournaments, but, according to Scores help patients keep pace with prescriptions, by Adam Cresswell in The Australian (March 29, 2008), Patients will be scored on how closely they follow their doctor&#8217;s orders in taking their prescribed medications, in a move designed to lift adherence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Answers To Questions About onePAC</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2008/03/30/more-answers-to-questions-about-onepac/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2008/03/30/more-answers-to-questions-about-onepac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I originally published a post about onePAC at Individualized Dose Packets Simplify Medication Adherence. The next day I posted Answers To Questions About onePAC, but two specific queries went unanswered until now. Exciting, eh? I received these responses on 26 March 2008 from Nanette Kirsch, Senior Director, Marketing Communication, Parata Systems, LLC Q: If all [...]]]></description>
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