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Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Digital Health
  • Patient Adherence

Background:

  • A novel patient-centered medication management application, PresRx optical character recognition (OCR), was developed.
  • This mobile health (m-health) tool utilizes OCR to auto-populate drug names and dosing instructions from medication labels.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the accuracy of auto-populated medication data by PresRx OCR.
  • To assess the acceptability of the PresRx OCR user interface.
  • To determine the impact of PresRx OCR on patients' adherence to chronic medications.

Main Methods:

  • A single-subject design study was employed.
  • Eight patients beta-tested the PresRx OCR application.
  • Outcomes measured included OCR accuracy, user interface acceptability (System Usability Scale), and medication adherence.

Main Results:

  • OCR accuracy for drug name, dose, and frequency was high (95%, 98%, 96% respectively).
  • The application achieved an acceptable user interface score (74/100).
  • Initial adherence was high (93%) but decreased over six months (78%); PresRx OCR adherence tracking showed minimal deviation from pharmacy fill rates.

Conclusions:

  • Smartphone applications like PresRx OCR are feasible for medication management.
  • The application accurately assesses medication adherence compared to objective measures.
  • Future m-health tools should focus on specific patient groups and interoperability for broader applicability.