7. This is what non-adherence looks like...
Each row is person, each column is a day. Red indicates a missed dose.
Control groups=70%
8. This is what adherence looks like with GlowCaps
Over 95%
9. cost effective
Existing studies have quantified the cost-
savings of high medication adherence:
Low adherence High adherence savings per
Condition
care costs care costs year
Diabetes $8,867 $4,570 $4,297 48%
High
$6,888 $3,924 $2,964 43%
Cholesterol
High Blood
$10,916 $6,752 $4,164 38%
pressure
Multiple
$16,498 $8,886 $7,612 46%
ailments
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11. Chronic disease affects 25% of adults in the US,
yet most take medication 50% of the time.
VITALITY
12. Simple to use
• Plug it in to connect
• No PC, phone, or Internet required
• One-button refill
13. 1) Pharmacist deliver your medication in a
GlowCap and explains how it works.
“The smart pill cap will help you to remember with
light, sound, and if you want, a reminder call.”
15. 3) Every day, the GlowCap and reminder light
flash for an hour, then play a ring tone every few
minutes until you open the GlowCap.
16. 4) If you forget, Vitality can call to remind you.
17. 5) Weekly emails show which days you did,
or didn’t, take a medication.
18. 6) Every month you receive a printed
progress report in the mail.
19. 7) Cap embeds a “Push to refill” button
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Patent pending
20. Vitality addresses each of the root causes of non-adherence
Adherence Issue Vitality’s Approach
Forgetfulness Reminders escalate from subtle to insistent
Poor Education Personalized interactive media educates
No Social Support Progress is shared with a buddy
No Accountability Reports inform your doctor, via e-health record
Refill Inconvenience Refill requests automatically flow into pharmacy
Low Motivation Rewards motivate via loss aversion
VITALITY confidential
22. Working with Vitality: What you receive
1) GlowCaps and Services
• Wireless GlowCaps and Reminder light (cellular gateway)
• Missed-dose calls
• Weekly email summaries
• Monthly printed reports mailed to patients’ homes
2) Program Support
• Dedicated IT administrative portal
• eMail and printed reports customization
• Customer surveys (periodic)
3) Access to Real-Time Reports
• Sort by condition, medication, member number, MPR, mean refill
frequency, demographics, etc.
• Consolidated physician reporting across patients
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28. Medication Compliance System, Method and Devices with
Configureable and Adaptable Escalation Engine
115 External
Local End Back end
Entities
(e.g., Patient’s home)
Network Operations
111 110 116
Center (NOC)
Connector
I Doctor(s)
112 Patient
Cap 106 Database
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Medication Pharmacies
Container Learning
108 System Algorithm
manager
102 Other(s)
120
Container Rules /
Escalation
118 engine
107 104
External
messaging
Peripheral
Feedback
Sensors
Indicator
122
Messaging
Messaging
Platform
114 device(s)
29. Our patented learning engine adapts to the motivational
profile of each GlowCap owner to tailor services.
1. Enroll 2. Ingest 3. Survey 4. Observe Intervention plans
Patients via Demographic Attitudinal features Patterns of behavior Programs to motivate behavioral
pharmacy partner features. (ongoing) change. Each intervention activates a
specific personalty type, and has an
associated $ and duration.
Financial incentive
Social incentives
Strong social norming message
Modality preference: SMS, paper
Bayesian classifier
statistically matches Doctor information sharing
Profiles dB interventions to people,
minimizing price while
People features optimizing behavioral
and usage history outcomes.
is stored
Vitality Programs
Each individual is prescribed a tailored plan.
