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Digital Medicines to Measure Drug Ingestion Adherence

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Drug Adherence in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection

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Proteus Discover, a new digital medicine offering, provides a direct measure of medication ingestion adherence. The offering gives patients feedback on their performance via a mobile device application and allows providers to review patients’ medication adherence and activity. Digital medicines have been shown through clinical studies and real-world use to provide benefits for patients with diabetes and hypertension, as well as other diseases.

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The author would like to acknowledge the following persons for their editorial support: Scooter Plowman, Betsy Klein, Praveen Raja, Melody Tran, George Savage, Lorenzo DiCarlo, Andrew Thompson, Maneesh Gupta, David O’Reilly, Manny Severino, and Lacey Kim.

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    Naunihal S. Virdi M.D., F.A.C.P.

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    Michel Burnier

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Virdi, N.S. (2018). Digital Medicines to Measure Drug Ingestion Adherence. In: Burnier, M. (eds) Drug Adherence in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection. Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76593-8_7

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