Even though I work at a technology company where we develop innovative software applications (besides coding software, our team turns up servers and networking equipment all the time) I frequently have to remind my family that “I” personally do not know the first thing about setting up a home printer or wireless router. Sometimes I can really see the disappointment in their faces when I remind them of this fact.

I felt redeemed last week, however. I made a fantastic breakthrough with my grandmother (of all family members) when I introduced her to a new healthcare solution that would automatically remind her of the daily prescriptions that she needed to take.

My grandmother is 86 years old and unfortunately she must rely on a number of different medications to get her through the day. As is often the case with people that have to take medications, whether it be loss of memory (in my grandmother’s case) or being just too busy to keep up with yet another task during the day, folks often forget what they need to take, how much they need to take, when they need to take it and what they’ve already taken. For many seniors with memory loss, this is a significant and possibly a life-threatening issue.

The product I showed my grandmother is called MyRemindeRx developed by PassportMD. Let’s face it, my grandmother doesn’t understand computers or the Internet, but my grandmother does understand phones…when she isn’t at church, she’s usually on the phone with friends and family.

This is where my work at Jaduka comes into play. PassportMD has integrated our Notification Service into the MyRemindeRx product, a simple to use and effective product for reminding people (like my grandmother) when to take their medicines.
MyRemindeRx is not just for patients. It can also be used by medical practices to remind their patients about upcoming appointments. Not only does this help the office maximize revenue by reducing missed appointments, but it can save patients money since many offices charge for late or missed appointments.

After I explained the gist of the product to her, my grandmother was excited to give MyRemindeRx a try. To my delight, within a matter of minutes my grandmother (with a little help from me) had entered three daily prescription reminders. She has a lot of prescriptions, taking three medications each day at 8:00am, one at 2:00pm, and finally at 7:00pm she takes two more.

Watching my grandmother receive her first prescription reminder at the scheduled time from the MyRemindeRx product brought a smile to her face and mine too. Since we recorded the voice reminders in my voice, she’ll get to hear my voice at least three times a day; so no matter how often we talk or see each other – we are still connected.

Most importantly, as a family, we feel much better knowing that our grandma has a reliable solution in place to remind her which prescriptions to take and when to take them.

For more information on the MyRemindeRx product, visit the PassportMD site here.

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