by Bruce Brown | June 7, 2022 | Medical
After hip surgery, patient compliance with home-based physical rehab prescriptions can speed recovery and improve mobility. Most patients start physical therapy during the first week after discharge from the hospital and attend two sessions a week for three to six...
by Bruce Brown | October 7, 2021 | Medical
Patient compliance during recovery and rehab is a sticky subject. Physicians want perfect compliance to speed recovery and for successful health outcomes. Patients often skimp on self-directed home rehab exercises because it hurts to do them, they’re tired,...
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by Bruce Brown | May 21, 2019 | Medical
Smart pill bottles may not be the best and only answer to patient compliance with prescription medications, but if they’re not it won’t be for a lack of trying by developers worldwide. We’ve written before about smart pill bottles and boxes from...
by Bruce Brown | May 13, 2019 | Medical
Adherence to medication prescriptions is a cornerstone of positive patient outcomes. A 2018 study of medication nonadherence at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine found that 40% to 50% of patients with chronic conditions do not follow their...
by Bruce Brown | December 31, 2018 | Health
Virtual reality (VR) provides intense and fully engaging experiences, but augmented reality (AR) applications by definition allow people to carry on their daily routines while the technology adds something extra. We’ve written about work with AR at Stanford with...
