13-Jun-18, Japan Today
Today, people are spending more time looking at the world through their phones rather than their eyes. So, why shouldn’t healthcare become more digital, too?
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Adherence is a big issue in Japan. About 30 percent of people diagnosed with a lifestyle disease stop taking their medication within six months. This has an effect on the total lifetime cost of treatment, and a 10–15-percent loss for the Japanese pharmaceutical industry.
Digital health advancements - such as the Abilify MyCite system from Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Proteus Digital Health, which comprises a tablet with a digestible sensor, a wearable patch, and a smartphone app - are new and effective ways to monitor the intake of medicine.