Having a personal health record (PHR) allows you to take control of your health and with so many options available today, we have more power than ever at our fingertips. However, all these choices can be overwhelming. It’s important to assess your needs in order to determine the qualifications your PHR must meet. (more…)
We recently had the privilege to present our software to the U. S. Office of eHealth Initiatives. As medication noncompliance increases, it drastically effects our health care system costing up to $292 billion annually.
To solve this problem the U.S. Office of eHealth Initiatives is actively seeking innovative medication management solutions to help. In response to their request for information (RFI), RememberItNow! was asked to present our software as a possible solution to help improve medical adherence. (more…)
We recently heard from one of our customers about how much she loves RememberItNow! medication reminders. Her enthusiasm was so contagious, we had to share.
Sharon lives near Sacramento, California with her five children and loving husband, Jim. Sharon and Jim keep a pretty tight schedule balancing full-time jobs and family duties. (more…)
RememberItNow! eHealth service facilitates clinical trial management and makes it easier for trial participants to stick to a medication schedule and report on wellness.
Orinda, CA - RememberItNow! LLC announced today a complimentary version of their eHealth service to qualified non-profit patient studies.
RememberItNow’s patient-centric eHealth service makes it very easy for participants to setup and receive medication reminders on their cell phone, track their wellness and health statistics, and maintain a personal health record.
Clinical trial administrators can use RememberItNow! to collect participants’ medical history, improve communication, and increase medication compliance among patients.
“Taking medications correctly is a challenge for all patients”, notes Pam Swingley. CEO of RememberItNow! “It’s so easy to forget a pill and become confused on what, when and how to take medications…While it’s important for everyone to stay on top of their medication schedule, it’s especially critical during a clinical trial. By making RememberItNow! affordable to non-profit clinical trial programs we can help them manage their programs, improve compliance, and have a better outcome.” (more…)
We have some exciting updates! Our clever software developers have recently integrated a really cool Journal Sharing feature into RememberItNow!
Now whenever you write a journal entry you have the option of sharing it with all your friends, family, and more on Facebook, or with your RememberItNow! health team. How cool is that?!
The next time you reach a health goal and want to share your excitement, you really can. If you track fitness activities in your Wellness Journal, you can invite friends to join you. All you have to do is write an entry about it and simply click the Facebook icon (circled in red below), and you’re ready to share! See the example below:
Are you and your siblings taking care of a parent? If you’re interested in splitting up care giving duties with the rest of them, write a Journal entry and send out a message to all of them through the email sharing option.
Or if you aren’t feeling well and could use some cheering up, share it! Maybe you have a lot of health contacts and helpers. Now you can send out a quick email to all of them instead of doing it one at a time.
The possibilities are endless. Learn more about how to use these features here.
Studies show that 50 percent to 70 percent of our nation’s health care costs are preventable. Much of heath care expenses go to treat a few chronic conditions that are closely linked to behavior, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer.
Changing your behavior is hard, but financial rewards can lessen the pain. Several startups are targeting the “pay for prevention” industry where employers offer cash or insurance premium discounts for exercising more and eating wisely. Among the industry’s early entries are RedBrick Health, Tangerine Wellness and Virgin HealthMiles.
Learn more about the pay for prevention trend in this New York Times article: ”Carrots, Sticks and Lower Premiums” .
PHRs, EHRs and Social Media – Where are We Headed?
Source: eHealth
Patients demand health records. Employers can help.
Source: Dossia Blog
Feature: The Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
Source: Project HealthDesign Blog
RememberItNow! is known for its really simple to use patient-centric software. In fact, RememberItNow! is all designed from the patient’s perspective.
Which is why we thought the 2010 Diabetes Mine Design Challenge Competition would be the perfect opportunity to showcase RememberItNow! The DiabetesMine design challenge is an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes.
RememberItNow! improves your life with diabetes because it helps you take your medications correctly, reminds you to check your blood sugar levels, or go to appointments by sending reminders to your cell phone.
RememberItNow! also makes it simple for you to maintain a personal health record and create an interactive private care community. With RememberItNow! you and your loved ones are always connected, and your health information is always close at hand.
Managing diabetes is hard, especially if you are on the go all the time. With RememberItNow! mobile, managing your diabetes is made even easier because you can access your personal health record, make a journal entry, or update your bio-metrics anytime and anywhere.
RememberItNow! gives you more time to live your life and less time to struggle managing your diabetes. At the top of this post is a preview of our entry, but feel free to check it out here and vote for us!
At the end of 2009 there were 4.6 billion mobile phone users around the globe. By the end of 2010 this number is expected to reach 5 billion. And in 2014 Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley predicts there will be 2,776 MM 3G global users, this means 43% of the population!
In North America 260,575,000 people are expected to have smart phones! This means 74% of the population will be busy browsing the web and text messaging away on their phones constantly!
Why is this new behavior catching the attention of health industry leaders and government officials? Because the more people have access to smart phones, the more popular mHealth will be; which leads to more money and lives saved. (more…)
Maybe you have or haven’t noticed, but text message rates are increasing this year from 10 to 20 cents a message. Many of us are left grumbling and wondering why. Well, there actually isn’t much of an explanation, at least not one we can get our hands on.
When Senator Herb Kohl, Democrat of Wisconsin, asked major American phone companies about the text message rate increase, he received lengthy, but private written responses of the pricing plans.
Unfortunately, the responses are still not allowed to be released publicly. And when Randall Strauss of the New York Times tried to research this topic as well, his attempts to speak with mobile phone representatives were blocked. Big surprise.
What does this mean for us?
It might be time to look for other options, like push notifications. Push notifications alert your iPhone when a message has arrived from another service like Skype or Twitter. (more…)
