Las Vegas—Can apps, text reminders, and smart pills, bottles, caps and injectors, as well as other “smart” solutions put an end to the persistent problem of poor medication adherence—which results in 125,000 deaths and nearly $300 billion in avoidable health care costs annually? More and more hospitals, health systems, pharmacies and other health care organizations are betting they can, or at least they’re worth a try.
In June, Rush University Medical Center, in