Information-driven pharmaceutical adherence packaging

Abstract: A prepackaged medication system and method is provided to increase patient compliance with prescribed medications. The system comprises providing patients with customized packaging for all of their prescription medications organized by administration timepoint. Since all medications for an individual patient may be packaged in a customized form, a listing of all medications and prescribing physician information may be provided to patients and maintained for reference and use by physicians in evaluating treatment regimens. The method comprises obtaining prescription data from a patient, entering the obtained data into a database, extracting and organizing the patient's prescription data, generating a customized packaging layout for all of the patient's prescription medications organized by day and administration timepoint, filling each medication container within the package with the appropriate medication(s) and shipping either directly to the patient or to the patient's pharmacy. (end of abstract)