DO YOU EVER FORGET YOUR PILLS?

NEW WEB-SERVICE REMINDS YOU ON YOUR CELL PHONE!

Whether you are a young woman on oral contraceptives, an executive juggling a job and hypertension, a diabetic who forgets to check your blood sugar or a woman on post-menopausal medications, CARETEXT is a personal medication reminder service that harnesses the power of your cellular phone to create a reliable, private way to remember your medication needs.

CARETEXT allows you to securely create and send personalized, scheduled text messages that are sent directly to your telephone. You decide what to say and you set the time and date of each reminder.

Numberous studies and reports have shown that missed medications are a major reason for poor medical outcomes, especially for preventive medications and for chronic conditions, and increased healthcare costs.

Whether you have a daily, weekly, or a very complex multiple medication schedule…whether for prevention, like oral contraceptives or hormone replacement…or for chronic conditions such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes or asthma…or even if just for a short-term course of antibiotics…CARETEXT can help.

"Consistently missing doses of medicine can have a devastating effect on people down the road", noted Steven Merahn, MD the pediatrician and public health specialist who founded CARETEXT. "Lots of reminder programs have been tried, but nothing seems to have the same power and intimacy as the cell phone."

Anyone with a cell-phone can use the service. Registration is simple and secure; your personal information is completely confidential. CARETEXT is housed on HIPAA compliant servers.

Simply log on to CARETEXT and the service will ask how many meds you are on and create a unique schedule, no matter how complicated. Users can either choose prewritten messages or write their own to remember doses, prescription renewals or any other health needs.

CARETEXT is currently available at no-cost to all users. CARETEXT is designed to be part of patient web portals for hospital systems, health plans and managed care (formulary-specific versions of the service are available). CARETEXT also offers disease-category exclusivity for single-branded sites of pharmaceutical companies.

"We are also offering some health education messages and humor along with the reminders", added Dr. Merahn. "We think CARETEXT can really add value to any disease management program."

For more information about CARETEXT, or to discuss specialized CARETEXT services for health plans, managed care, disease management programs or branded pharmaceuticals, contact Steven Merahn, MD, at 215-832-0191 or smerahn@cliniscience.com

CARETEXT was developed as a partnership between:

• Clinical Decision Sciences,Inc., a company that designs products and creates programs that enhance the process and quality of clinical care. Cliniscience was founded by Steven Merahn, MD, a physician and public health specialist with over 20 years experience in medical affairs, education and product development.
• MultiMedSolutions, a healthcare software developer that creates products and services in the management and analysis of clinical data. Their MultiDoc nursing care management system is the first electronic clinical documentation system designed for the healthcare, long-term care and skilled nursing environment.
• Global Internet Management, creators of the content management software InfoServeCM, who specialize in website development and management.