A new mobile app and website designed to help patients better manage their medicines and thus boost treatment adherence has been launched in the UK by Janssen Healthcare Innovation (JHI).
Care4Today Mobile Health Manager triggers medication dosing and repeat prescription reminders and also gives family members and carers the opportunity to provide support through a digital network.
By Natalie Copeland Friday, April 25, 2014
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He attended a summit at the College of West Anglia, King’s Lynn, where NHS and council officials set out plans to join forces to deliver improved care to the elderly and vulnerable.
Mr Lamb said that there were “big shifts” that the alliance would be improving on. It would move the emphasis from repair to prevention, join up parts of the system which had previously worked separately and give patients more control.
The number of older people in England needing care will “outstrip” the number of family members able to provide it by 2017, a think tank has warned.
An Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report estimates that by 2030 there will be more than two million people aged 65 and over with no child living nearby to give care if needed.
The IPPR said the country must “build new community institutions” to cope.
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