Diagnostic Pills and Medication Hybrids
July 29, 2014 | Terry Sharrer
Diagnostic pills—some containing cameras, others with sensors—could serve many needs in healthcare, perhaps none more so than tracking performance of therapies. On the horizon are hybrids which might be called theranostic pills. This piece mentions medication adherence with such devices, but doesn’t answer the obvious question, if a patient can remember to take the medication, how will they know to swallow the diagnostic pill? MORE
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