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“The perfect traveling medication reminder”
e-pill device featured on NBC Today Television Show
Wellesley, MA—June 23, 2005 --e-pill, the leading provider of medication reminder products, had its e-pill Multi-Alarm Pill Box featured on NBC Today Show.
NBC Today's Jim Miller
Under the title “Forever Young” NBC Today Show's Jim Miller featured helpful gadgets for older travelers.
Americans over the age of 50 make up almost 80 percent of all leisure travel spending. But for those who suffer from physical limitations, travel can be difficult and frustrating. Jim Miller, editor of the Savvy Senior syndicated newspaper column, was invited on “NBC Today Show” to share handy tips and gadgets that can help make your travel safer and easier.
The NBC Today show featured the e-pill Medication Reminder Multi-Alarm Pill Box (http://www.epill.com/multibox.html ) and goes on to call it: “The perfect traveling medication reminder! Helps you organize all your daily pills, and reminds you when to take them with a loud alarm that can alert you up to 37 times per day”.
NBC Today Show's Al Roper: "I like this"
Al Roper says "I like this" and "my mom takes a number of pills". Al Roper goes on to explain that the e-pill Multi-Alarm Pill Box is especially [for someone] taking a lot of medications. Al concludes by saying "this is good".
“The e-pill Multi-Alarm Pill Box Medication Reminder is an innovative device that addresses important issues facing patients and healthcare professionals trying to improve medication compliance”, said Stefan Solvell, President of e-pill, “Taking the right medications and taking them on time”.
Award Winning e-pill Multi-Alarm Pill Box
The award winning e-pill Multi-Alarm Pill Box is priced at $49.95 each and features an easy to set pill timer with up to 37 daily alarms and a slide out pillbox with safety lock. The e-pill Multi-Alarm Pill Box can be ordered on-line (www.epill.com) or by calling toll-free 1-800-549-0095.
e-pill products include pill organizers & automatic dispensers, electronic medicine
reminders, multi-alarms, vibrating reminder watches, and compliance recorders. Prices begin at $24.95.
These are designed to lead to better medication management and patient compliance, a growing challenge in the health & medical field. Some startling statistics are as follows:
50% of all prescriptions are taken incorrectly
33% of patients take all their medications, 33% take some, 33% don't take any at all (Rx prescription never filled)
23% of nursing home admissions are due to non-compliance
For more information or to order any e-pill Medication Reminder, visit the website http://www.epill.com or call 1-800-549-0095 (+1-781-239-8255 from overseas).
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 | Pillbox Timer 37 Alarms Wall Street Journal e-pill Multi-Alarm Pillbox: Helps you Remember, Organize and Identify Pills. Up to 37 Alarms. Great Pillbox Timer.Award winning e-pill Multi-Alarm Pill Box and E-Z Set Timer.
Organizes all your daily pills, and reminds you with a loud alarm up to 37 times per day. No reset required, re-sets automatically every midnight.
Featured on Television: NBC Today and CBS Early Show:
The perfect traveling medication reminder! Helps you organize all your daily pills, and reminds you with when to take them with a loud alarm that can alert you up to 37 times per day.
Never forget to take your medications again! Sale Price only $49.95 - Order Today and get FREE Shipping! (US Customers only, $15.00 Non-US). Multi-Alarm Pocket (click to enlarge pictures)
"It was very helpful for me because I take multiple meds at different times. It made life much easier." D.D., Joliet, IL
| Featured in the Wall Street Journal | More Award winning e-pills. | All e-pill Medication Reminders. This e-pill device is member tested & recommended by National Health & Wellness Club.
Fits in briefcase or purse, about the size of a TV remote control. A great simple to set medication adherence device that holds all your pills. (click to enlarge photos). .
Simply slide a switch to set the daily repeating alarms! Up to 37 daily auto-repeating alarms starting at 6 in the morning with a switch for every hour and half hour (6AM, 6:30AM, 7AM, 7:30AM and so on) until midnight. No Reset Required. Size about the size of a remote control. Easy to set and use Pill Timer & Pillbox in one unit.
Never Forget to take your Medications Again!
With our Simple to Use PILL BOX & MEDICATION REMINDER TIMER
Helps you Remember, Organize and Identify pills.
EzSet Timer with Slide Switches (Hour/top row or Half-Hour/bottom row switches).
Multiple Daily Alarms (up to 37 alarms) - from 6 AM to Midnight.
Holds all your pills - 7 Compartment Pillbox.
No alarm reset required. Auto repeats every day.
Easy to Hear Alarm (4 kHz tone).
Long alarm duration (up to 4 minutes).
Used in Clinical Trials.
EASY to SET Pill Timer and Pillbox. Clear lid allows you to verify alarm settings. One switch for every hour and half hour. Easy to hear with LOUD ALARM, will alarm for up to 4 minutes. No alarm re-set required - repeats every day (automatic reset at midnight). Slide-out 7 compartment medication tray is made of clear plastic, can be locked and helps you identify (pill identification) your daily medications. Long battery life.
Specifications:
The alarm will sound for 10 seconds on 10 seconds off for up to 4 minutes (or until STOP button is pressed).
Size 5 3/4 inch x 2 1/8 inch x 1 inch. Weight 5 oz.
Pill Tray: Slide out with 7 Compartments. Each compartment holds 15 sized aspirin tablets.
Battery life: One Year. Battery: 2 x AAA batteries (included).
Shipping: FREE Standard Shipping (US customers only, $15.00 for Non-US customers).

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|  |  | Weekly Organizer Pill Box Alarm Timer x7days 37 Alarms $59.95 The World's Best Pill Organizer & Medication AlarmWe searched the world ... and found the world's best pill box organizer & medication reminder timer combination ... in Copenhagen, Denmark. Featured in Prevention Magazine.
Never Forget to Take your Medicine Again! Avoid Medication Errors! (click to enlarge photo) Feel Better & Keep your Medications Organized!
I don't want to sound over-dramatic here,
but the simple fact is that this one product, all by itself, truly, substantially changed the life of the person for whom it was bought. M.K.
Improve Medication Adherence / Patient Compliance: Convenient & compact storage pack made of
durable high quality canvas includes Seven (7) EZ-to-OPEN Medinizer pill boxes (with the respective day of the week clearly imprinted on the front of each one). Pill Box (Medinizer) can be ordered separately.
Each pill box has 4 LARGE CAPACITY pill compartments to hold your medications. Includes our popular Easy-to-Set e-pill Multi-Alarm with 'Missed Pill' feature electronic pill reminder timer;
e-pill EzSET Multi-Alarm. Free Shipping & Handling (US only). 30 Day Money Back guarantee! Super Organizer -- Super Pill Timer Reminder -- Super Practical
Great product for organizing & planning your weekly medicines.
Use at home, on business trip, vacation, college etc. Very flexible use. Take one day’s medicine for daily use or carry the whole weekly organizer with you. This e-pill device is member tested & recommended by National Health & Wellness Club.
The e-pill 7-Day Organizer & Reminder comes complete with electronic medication reminder and batteries. Electronic Medication Reminder can be carried either in the outer pocket, inside the weekly organizer canvas bag itself, in your briefcase or purse.
e-pill Multi-Alarm PLUS (no Tray), up to 37 Daily Alarm settings, simple to use, easy to program with slide switches, innovative reminder device. No reset required (timer automatically resets every day at midnight). Complete system with everything included (canvas bag, 7 daily organizer, pill timer, batteries).
Weekly organizer (canvas bag) size: 6 1/2 inch x 6 1/2 inch x 2 inch | Daily organizer size: 6 1/4 inch x 1 7/8 inch x 13/16 inch with 4 LARGE CAPACITY pill compartments, dish washer safe. Imprinted dosage 1,2,3,4 in Braille for the vision impaired and for tactile feedback. | Each compartment (dose) holds twenty five (25) aspirin sized tablets | Color: Blue with Clear Lid, Canvas Bag is dark blue.
Batteries (replaceable): 2 x AAA included. Battery life 1 year.
Shipping: Free Standard Shipping (US customers only, $15.00 Non-US customers).

|  |  | Pillbox Timer 4 Daily Alarms WEEKLY Pillbox System Great pill Organizer / Medication Reminder combination. Great value. FREE Standard SHIPPING for all US customers! FREE Batteries. FREE GIFT with every order.
"I love my MEDGlider.
It reminds me to take my
medication so I don't have
to watch the clock."
The e-pill MEDGlider is a practical Medication Reminder system for organizing and remembering daily meds ("pills"). Our MEDGlider Reminder & Organizer System ("easy to use electronic pill box") includes: Seven Organizers, Tray and Easy to Program Reminder. (click to enlarge photos) | More Multi Alarms
FREE Standard Shipping (US customers only, Non-US $15.00 per Order). 30-Day Money Back Guarantee. Popular e-pill Medication Reminder. MEDglider System 1 (One Pillbox) | Larger capacity Weekly 4 Doses per Day system | 4 Alarm TURTLE Weekly Alarm Organizer.
DAILY ORGANIZERS (7 included / one per day of week)
TRAY for "parking" daily organizers
EASY to PROGRAM clock & alarms
MULTI-ALARM, up to 4 daily alarms
Unique VOICE ALARM: time to take your pill
REMINDER unit slides on top of ORGANIZER
CHOOSE reminder: Voice / Sound / Light
Large DISPLAY
Fits easily in Purse or Pocket
Each pill organizer has four compartments with room for multiple pills, capsules and tablets. Included tray allows seven (7) day medication pre-planning. Reminder unit can be used stand-alone or with the daily organizer attached. Ensure patient compliance and well being - order your e-pill MEDGlider today! FREE Standard Shipping (US only), 30-Day Money Back Guarantee. Never forget to take your medicine again and feel better! Price includes FREE batteries.
Manufacturer: MEDPort
Size: Electronic part 4 1/4" x 1 3/4" 3/4" | Daily Organizer 4" x 1 1/4" x 3/4" | Weekly Tray 9 1/2" x 4 3/4" x 1/2"
Pill Capacity: 8 aspirin sized tablets per compartment | Compartments: 4
Removable compartment walls: You may remove One or Two walls (dividers) to make it a 3 doses per day or 2 doses per day pillbox.
Shipping: FREE Standard Shipping for US Customers ($15.00 non-US Customers).

|  |  | Patient Compliance Medication Adherence STATISTICS Patient Compliance Medication Adherence Statistics & ReferencesCompliance means taking the correct amount of the prescribed medicine at the proper time. See all e-pill Medication Reminders.
In a recent poll of U.S. individuals 65 years old and older who use medications, researches found that 51% take at least five different prescription drugs regularly, and one in four take between 10 and 19 pills each day. 57% of those polled admit that they forget to take their medications. Among those using five or more medications, 63% say they forget doses, compared to 51% among those who take fewer medicines. (10)
Drugs don't work in patients who don't take themC. Everett Koop, MD
Remembering to take your medicine is the key to compliance. Medicine will be effective only when taken as prescribed by your physician. Professional Info
The Real Drug Problem: Forgetting to Take Them WSJ - Amy Dockser Marcus article
Good patient compliance and adherence means taking the right drugs, on time and in the proper doses. Distant Caregiving | Links | Professional info | e-pill Medication Reminder catalog | Help to select the right Medication Reminder
Patient Compliance
Medication non-compliance (non-adherence), the failure to take drugs on time in the dosages prescribed, is as dangerous and costly as many illnesses.
Want to Improve Patient Compliance? Five Tips for Generating Patient Satisfaction and Compliance
Studies have shown than non-compliance causes 125,000 deaths annually in the US (2), leads to 10 to 25 percent of hospital and nursing home admissions, and is becoming an international epidemic. It is, in the words of The New York Times (1) the world’s "other drug problem".
Negative Economic Effects of Non-Compliance
· 23% of nursing home admissions due to noncompliance(3).
Cost $31.3 billion / 380,000 patients.
· 10% of hospital admissions due to noncompliance (4,5). Cost $15.2 billion / 3.5 million patients.
Prescriptions
· About 50% of the 2 billion prescriptions filled each year are not taken correctly (7).
· 1/3 of patients take all their medicine, 1/3 take some, 1/3 don't take any at all (Rx prescription never filled) (6).
Care Giving
· 25,000,000 nonprofessional caregivers in the US (8).
· 80% of nonprofessional caregivers are women (8).
· 80%-90% of people requiring care in the US receive it from family members or friends (9).
Merck Manual on ways to Improve Patient Compliance (Medication Reminders & Pillboxes)
World Health Organization. Adherence to Long-Term Therapies Adherence Report)
Bridge Medical. Medication Error References Medication Errors and Medication)
References
1. The New York Times June 2, 1998
2. Smith, D., Compliance Packaging: A Patient Education Tool, American
Pharmacy, Vol. NS29, No 2 February 1989
3. Standberg, L.R., Drugs as a Reason for Nursing Home Admissions, American Health care Association Journal, 10,20 (1984).
4. Schering Report IX The Forgetful Patient: The High Cost of Improper Patient Compliance.
5. Oregon Department of Human Resources, A study of Long-Term Care in Oregon with Emphasis on the Elderly March 1981.
6. Hayes, R.B.NCPIE Prescription Month, October 1989
7. National Council for Patient Information and Education.
8. Rosalynn Carter Institute of Georgia Southwestern College.
9. Parade Magazine, 1/29/95.
10. Med Ad News February 2010

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Dear Doctor, Nurse, Pharmacist and Therapist,
... Perfect health and compliant patients! ... A wonderful dream, but unreal for most of us.
In a poll of U.S. individuals 65 years old and older who use medications, researches found that 51% take at least five different prescription drugs regularly, and one in four take between 10 and 19 pills each day. 57% of those polled admit that they forget to take their medications. Among those using five or more medications, 63% say they forget doses, compared to 51% among those who take fewer medicines.
Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them
C. Everett Koop, MD
Failure to comply with medication regimens is a major health care problem.
1.6 billion prescriptions are written every year in the United States.
Source: National Council for Patient Information and Education, Washington, DC. Compliance Statistics
e-pill is the leading provider of practical patient compliance and medication adherence devices. Clients | Press | Radio | TV Coverage
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Feel Better! Avoid Medication Errors!
Never Forget to take your Medications Again!
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