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Adherence packs assist patients and caregivers

New study identifies Medicine-On-Time’s packs as effective in helping caregivers and patients administer meds properly, reducing nursing home admissions and costs.

PERSONALIZED PACKS. Calendar-styled blisters filled with a specific patient's medications make it easier to adhere to prescribed
PERSONALIZED PACKS. Calendar-styled blisters filled with a specific patient's medications make it easier to adhere to prescribed

The system includes an outer injection-molded polypropylene frame and an inner blister where pharmacy technicians fill solid-dose medications customized for each patient in a polyvinyl chloride sheet with a coated foil-backed paper, along with a combination of computer hardware, software, and assembly tools. MOT’s sales universe includes some 27,000 community or independent pharmacies within the mainland U.S. and Puerto Rico.

According to the company, MOT is in use by independent pharmacies across the U.S., serving approximately 125,000 patients per year. The systems are not sold to retail chain pharmacies, hospitals, or nursing homes, points out Ian Salditch, the company’s chief executive officer.

A new study published in The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy that assesses the impact of a medication adherence management program on nursing home admissions found that MOT’s medication management system reduced the likelihood of nursing home admission by 66%. According to the study, with nearly 1.5 million residents in nursing homes, the widespread implementation of a medication management system could potentially save the healthcare system billions of dollars per year by avoiding unnecessary nursing home admissions.

“This study confirms what Medicine-On-Time has known for many years: Simple tools that aid in daily living, well designed and properly applied, can keep patients independent longer and save healthcare dollars,” says Salditch. “This study is an excellent example of how a medication adherence program can help us improve the health of Americans, while simultaneously reducing the financial burden on the cash-strapped national healthcare system.”

The study, which can be downloaded at www.healthcare

packaging.com/go/50, was commissioned by South Carolina Medicaid and funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). The study examined the causes of nursing home admissions among a population of more than 1,000 seniors and 15 community pharmacies that serve them.

Three pack types

MOT makes three different calendar-style packs. The company’s “Original package,” designed with the independent patient in mind, is a two-sided “sandwich” design with each punch-through blister cavity having a six-pill capacity.

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