Why they’re on this list: Home and business security systems are expensive, generate tons of false alarms and really can’t be called “intelligent.”Ĭhui’s facial recognition technology replaces keys, passwords or codes, allowing you to disarm a security system with facial recognition. can be attributed to medication non-adherence.įunding: A crowdfunding campaign has garnered more than $72,000. The resulting costs are approximately $100 billion annually, and as many as 125,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Medication adherence for patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma and depression, is an even more significant problem, often requiring intervention.Īccording to AdhereTech, of all medication-related hospital admissions in the United States, 33 to 69 percent are related to poor medication adherence. Poor adherence to appropriate medication therapy has been shown to result in complications, increased healthcare costs, and even death. Current levels of adherence are as low as 40 percent for some medications. Prescription adherence - sticking to your prescribed medication regimen - is one of the biggest problems plaguing medicine. What’s impressive about AdhereTech, though, is that it focuses on a discrete problem and knocks it out of the park with its solution. Let’s call it the Internet of Health (IoH). Why they’re on this list: There are plenty of companies trying to cash in on IoT by tethering it to healthcare.
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