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BAM! A New and Improved Adherence Metric

MEMOTEXT Validates the Balanced Adherence Metric (BAM)

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Noah Nemoy

Finding ways to accurately measure medication adherence can be difficult. Currently, most metrics use pharmacy claims data to measure an individual’s adherence. Many academics and professionals use measures like Proportion of Days Covered (PDC) or Medication Possession Ratio (MPR). But while these measures have several advantages, they don’t account for other adherence factors, such as delay to refill and medication persistence. To solve the problem, MEMOTEXT developed the Balanced Adherence Metric (BAM). BAM amalgamates the four most common adherence measures, providing a more accurate and holistic metric.

28 May 2015

Kicking it at HealthKick2015

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Noah Nemoy

Working in the MaRS Centre has a lot of perks: Thought provoking guest lectures from international experts, mentorship, access and support that is second to none. But in this case it was having much of the Centre repurposed to host HealthKick2015 on May 6th and 7th.

22 May 2015

MEMOTEXT Goes to AppsForHealth

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Noah Nemoy

On April. 30th 2015, I had the privilege of being part of the MEMOTEXT delegation to AppsForHealth in Hamilton. AppsForHealth was hosted by Hamilton’s Mohawk College, and is one of the largest digital health conferences in Ontario. Our Founder and President Amos Adler was honoured with a speaking invitation.

5 May 2015

MEMOTEXT Corp. and STI Technologies form Strategic Alliance to Supercharge Patient Adherence in Canada

TORONTO, April 28, 2015 /CNW/ – MEMOTEXT Corp. announces today the formation of a strategic alliance with STI Technologies Limited to provide state-of-the art digital communications platform and smart-card technology, to improve patient compliance with medications.

The two Canadian companies are collaborating to integrate their technologies to solve a very costly healthcare problem. Despite operating in different spaces of the healthcare industry, both companies have evidence-based methodologies and validated solutions that complement each other. MEMOTEXT’s JAMA published clinically validated digital adherence solutions have been shown to increase patient adherence by 31.4%.

29 April 2015

HIMSS15 – HIMSSANITY a Meta View from the Floors

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Amos Adler

What a crazy few days its been at HIMSS. While I can describe all the sessions and attendees I’ll spare you what you can read on their website and focus on the experiential part of the event. Think 43,000 people crammed into the cozy corner of Chicago at McKormick Place, the world’s second largest exhibition hall. What’s interesting about HIMMSS is its massive scale, overwhelming number of people, exhibitions and the sheer size of the booze, cappuccino, swag filled conference. One of the best parts is the exercise of walking 8 miles a day all around the event hall. I wanted to understand the commercial focus of the event from a competitive perspective as well as to get inspired and understand the marketplace.

17 April 2015

Are You Doing Your Due Diligence? – Brought to you by MEMOTEXT‏

16 Steps to m/Digital Health Success

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Amos Adler

As mobile and digital health get more and more traction, you might be evaluating various m/digital health technologies and solutions. From new-starts to established legacy service providers there are a lot of options to choose from. It pays to have some digital health due-diligence planning in place. Fortunately, we at MEMOTEXT have learned some digital health lessons in due-diligence and hope to speed up the process for you. Don’t worry, we validated this methodology ourselves the hard way!

1 April 2015

Vote MEMOTEXT for the 3rd Annual Scattergood Foundation Innovation Award!

Updated on April 6, 2015 by Noah Nemoy

Dear friends,

MEMOTEXT is honored that our patient adherence solutions have been selected as a finalist for the 3rd Annual Scattergood Foundation Innovation Award! This prestigious award recognizes innovation breakthroughs in the field of behavioral health-care.

31 March 2015

MEMOTEXT Goes to Boston for Unpack! 2015

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Amos Adler

On March. 17 – 18 2015, MEMOTEXT had the honor to attend the Unpack! 2015. Represented by our Founder and President Amos Adler, MEMOTEXT was one of 15 Canadian digital/mobile health companies invited to attend. Unpack! 2015 was organized by the Canadian Entrepreneurs in New England (CENE), and facilitated by the Consulate General of Canada in Boston. The goal of the two day event was to connect Canadian Telehealth & Healthcare Robotics Companies with their Boston based American counterparts.

30 March 2015

MEMOTEXT Does it’s Part to Help Fight Glaucoma

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Noah Nemoy

This March 8-15, is World Glaucoma Week. Launched 6 years ago by the World Glaucoma Association and The World Glaucoma Patient Association, events are being held across the world to raise awareness about Glaucoma. Afflicting 9 million people, Glaucoma is the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness. Due to its slow progression, 50% of patients in the developed world and 90% in the developing world are untreated. While Glaucoma is currently incurable, with early detection and treatment, its progression can be halted.

13 March 2015

You can change the system: How Estonia has built the most advanced eHealth system in the world

Posted on March 09, 2015 by Noah Nemoy

Perhaps the best thing about being a MaRS based start-up is attending the guest lectures. MaRS regularly hosts global experts in science and technology, and their discussions are extremely enlightening. Last month’s lecture, given by the former CEO of the Estonia eHealth Foundation Dr. Madis Tiik, was no exception. A common frustration with mHealth start-ups is that the healthcare systems they operate under are rigid, monolithic, and resistant to change. However, Dr. Tiik’s inspiring presentation showed that a nationwide eHealth system is indeed possible.

9 March 2015

Are you ready for this?… Behavior change…For your organization.

Posted on March 05, 2015 by Amos Adler

Some of our MEMOTEXT programs personalize interventions based on what’s known as stages of change. Stage of change, or the transtheoretical model, is used to asses and prescribe appropriate information, motivation and guidance to move people towards behavior change. In plain English, are people ready to adopt healthier behaviors?

4 March 2015

Innovation Resiliency: An Innovative Framework to Evaluate Innovation

Posted on March 02, 2015 by Amos Adler

WARNING: This blog post may offend some innovation seekers while inspiring others

I recently had an interaction with an organization supports innovation in knowledge-based industries. Several discussions with a representative of the organization revealed to me something that was a bit more common than I wanted to acknowledge: There are a lot of organizations that support the idea of innovation but have no real framework for it.

2 March 2015