Time4Meds

Published on Nov 24, 2015

an introduction presentation to play while having prospective participants come up and talk

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Time4Meds

An excerpt of The Kenneth R. Harvey  Jr. Memorial Initiative

This is Ken

He Is Alexis's Dad,
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this is ken the last day he was able to speak

ken's earlier than expected death could have been prevented
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One Week After Alexis's 18th Birthday, she was forced to decide to end his life support.

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It is because no other daughter should be forced to make that decision, an idea was born.

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The Ken Harvey Jr. Initiative is the dream of one nurse to start changing the lives of chronically ill patients and their families.

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Time4Meds

one part of a bigger dream
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Time4Meds

  • medication errors are not just done by nurses and doctors
  • harmful medication errors more frequently happen at home in the form of non-adherence and /or dosage errors.

Non-adherence can threaten patients-health individually as well as add an estimated $290 billion annually

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Reasons for med induced health problems

  • Failed to fill/refill a prescription
  • missed a dose
  • took a lower /higher dose than prescribed
  • stopped taking the medication to early

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  • ook old prescription for a new problem because of lack of ability to see doctor
  • forgot whether or not they had taken their medication.

Grades For Adherence In The US

These are just of "reportable" occurences

Remebering To Take and Refill Your Medication

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using technology we can help provide one option:
combining obama's cell phone for everyone program and The Internet Of Things.

taking the wrong medication

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once again combining the forces of tech and cell

MERGE TO BECOME SOMEONES EYES.
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Who Do We Need

  • Front End
  • Back End
  • User Intface
  • Marketing
  • Product Managment
  • Active Citizens
  • Javascript
  • Express
  • IBM Watson