Today's leading tech innovators are at the forefront of that transformation. With pioneering solutions like trackable smart pills and preventive programs fueled by patient data, they are taking on some of the healthcare system's most complex and enduring challenges — and winning. Below, explore three ways health tech trailblazers are improving care.
“Smart pills” — and other software and hardware products that track prescription drug intake — offer a hopeful outlook for the future of medication adherence. A burgeoning market of tech innovators are closing the loop by involving doctors, clinicians and pharmacists in the process. The healthcare system’s most valuable product should be improved health, not à la carte medical services, right? Yet too often, that’s not the case. Instead of being rewarded for providing the highest-quality care at the lowest cost, hospitals and physicians are compensated per service and disincentivized to experiment with new, preventive treatments that might prove more efficient and save patients money.