The beauty of technology is that it allows people from various disciplines of life to capitalize on such innovations for the purpose of improving something. There are currently about a dozen pharmaceutical companies that are using new Wi-Fi bottles to help improve medication adherence. No these bottles don't allow you to surf google or play youtube videos, but they do light-up, play melodies, can send alert text messages and even transmit automatic refill requests to your local pharmacy. Data from the smart bottles can be transmitted and tracked by the patient, physician, pharmacist and caregiver in order to keep track of patient compliance and adherence. It is estimated that for every $1 spent on smart bottles, $4 is created in increased sales/revenue. It works for any medication that costs around $4 or more per day. A study at Harvard showed that such technology has improved compliance by 25% on average. I guess if you're gonna take medicine, you might as well make it a bit fun and entertaining while your doing it.
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