The device prevents errors in home medication use

Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, coronary artery diseases and depression may need to take medicines from 6 to 9, usually more, different drugs in one day. Quitting the dose, taking the medicine or feeling embarrassed about which drug to take at any given time is very dangerous to life.

Larry Shusterman, Ph.D., orthopedic osteopathy, internal medicine and geriatrics, and a former pharmacist, devised a way to prevent weak drug management through a system called devices. mixing Medi-Sure medicine . This is an automated device that is programmed by a pharmacist and used at the patient's home.

Thanks to the services provided by Rutgers Camden Technology Incubator (RCTC), this invention will soon be used to save people.

Shusterman, a customer of the Rutgers-Camden business incubator, said: 'This is the device I created in my last attempt to help patients get out of the emergency room by having problems. Topics related to drug use. I have seen a lot of people have to go to the hospital just because they are taking the wrong medicine. The traditional methods used to remind the use of medicines such as calendars or pill boxes do not work at all. '

Patients who use Medi-Sure have taken their medication on time and correctly instructed 95% of the time. The study also found that compliance with the drug may be as low as 30%.

A patient is taking medication without the help of Medi-Sure equipment.(Artwork: Imagesource)

The device for making Medi-Sure drugs is about the size of a DVD player and is programmed by a pharmacist who is responsible for putting drugs into cassettes used to hold medication for 2 weeks. The pharmacist also programs the amount of medication each time you take it and the instructions for each medication, such as whether it can be taken with food or water?

Then, at the patient's home, the Medi-Sure dispensing device will tell the patient it's time to take the medication in a voice that is already recorded and that it will continue until the patient presses the button. ' Get Dose ' (took the medicine). Then the machine will deliver medicine to a drawer and once this drawer is pulled it will show the patient any specific instructions about the medicine. When this drawer is closed, the Medi-Sure dispensing machine will record the time that the medicine was taken and create a record. This health care provider and any family member that has been licensed can also access this record electronically to see the details. The record also contains important information about drugs such as dosage and tablet shape because the form of the drug may be completely different from the brand of the drug.

Equipment for dispensing Medi-Sure drugs that are being used in many places in New Jersey state includes an independent living area for the elderly and people with disabilities, continuation care, single or collective housing mental illness and it is also used through LIFE's Independent Living Program for the Elders, University of Pennsylvania. This program will provide patients with medical support through which they can live normally at home instead of staying in a hospital.

The entire service includes hardware, software, reports and fees for installing cassettes that will cost about $ 4 a day. The total monthly cost of this service will be lower than home care nurse service.

Shusterman has been working with RCTC gardens on the Medi-Sure device that was a project of his Rapid Patient Monitoring company. Rutgers Camden nursery supports businesses to develop and expand their businesses in Camden City, New Jersey state by providing them with low-cost rental offices, meeting places, support services. technology and advice for a successful start for businesses.

Shusterman began working with the Rutgers-Camden business incubator as a "virtual" tenant in September 2006 and he planned to transfer to the RCTC's incubator. Through the incubator's program, Shusterman has partnered with Ernesto Mario pharmacy at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and a leading community of continuing care for retired people in the Delaware Valley. Ernesto Mario Pharmaceutical School is responsible for checking product quality. Representatives of the two organizations believe that a Medi-Sure device is a complete device and it can help people live at home longer than they do not use this device.

Peter Gold, Managing Director of Rutgers-Camden (RCTC) technology company and vice president for economic innovation programs, explains: 'We can provide companies like public companies. Rapid Patient Monitoring is a very good service that helps bring profit to companies of all sizes, and is also profitable for Rutgers. For example, when a company wants to expand its business and start looking for investment, it is valuable for that company to say that its product or service has been evaluated by a talented member. by Rutgers or by experts in those areas. '

Evaluating the Rutgers Camden technology incubator, Shusterman said: 'They can provide facilities and other support to take our company to another level' . In addition to supporting facilities, RCTC nurseries also support public relations and the advice of leading experts in the pharmaceutical and commercial sectors.

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