Parental Measurement Confusion Leads To 40% Error Rate For Children's Medication In Study

Child Medication Measurements Confuse Parents by Caitlin Schmidt.  CNN.  July 14, 2014.

Cutting Edge AIDS Drug Raises Questions About Adherence and Behavior

Truvada, The Drug In Cuomo's AIDS-Eradication Plan, Spurs Debate by Mike Vilensky.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 13, 2014.

Side Effects, Real Or Imagined, Often Results In Noncompliance With Medications

Side Effects:  Telling The Real From The Imagined by Sumathi Reddy.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 7, 2014.

Risk Of Heart Attack Can Triple Without Early Blood-Thinning Medication Following Stent

Many Delay Blood Thinners After Stents, Risk Death by Maureen Salamon.  Health Day.  May 28, 2014.

Innovative Packaging To Encourage Drug Adherence

Ring, Buzz, Flash:  It Must Be Time To Take Your Medicine by Sumathi Reddy.  The Wall Street Journal.  January 8, 2013.

Alternatives or additions to the amber bottle include blister packs--already in use at Wal-Mart and Kroger-- glow caps, and QR codes, scannable by a cell phone for product information and video.

Pills With Sensors Facilitates Medication Adherence

Medication Goes Digital by John McDermott.  Inc.  October 30, 2012.

Proteus Digital Health has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a pill containing a sensor that when it interacts with stomach relays medical information to a smartphone via a patch on the torso.  From the smartphone the information can be transferred.  Proteus hopes for a 2013 launch.

Fingerprint Technology to Increase Adherence to Drug Regimes

Health-Care IT.  The Wall Street Journal.  October 16, 2012.

A finger print technology to deal with the tremendous problem of tuberculosis drug adherence in India was the winner in the Health-Care IT category of the WSJ Technology Innovation Award.  Combined with changes in drug accessibility and distribution, Operation ASHA, uses fingerprints to record the patients who picked up their medicines.  Counselors are notified when patients did not pick up their medicines.  Fingerprinting increased adherence to the complete drug program.