Real Time Wireless Tracking of Pharmacy Refill Data

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Robert Gross

School Affiliation: Perelman School of Medicine
Country or Region Engaged: Botswana
Fund: Global Engagement Fund
Year Awarded: 2013-14
Expertise: Public Health
This project aimed to systematically test an already developed and successfully pilot-tested cellphone app for wirelessly tracking medication refills in Botswana. The new app is expected to be more user friendly than existing methods. In turn, the wireless tracking system is expected to produce more referrals of non-adherent patients to adherence counseling and produce more reengagement of patients who have abandoned care.