In her blog Journey to a Healthier Me, Pam shows how she uses MyMedSchedule to help keep her complicated vitamin regimen organized. Her post includes photos and tips for storing and sorting pills.

Read Pam's post here.

"I have found MyMedSchedule incredibly useful and I use it for my clients. They now have colorful charts of their meds and can check them off as they take them. It's the perfect tool and I thank you! "

Marie Dorsey
Clinical Pharmacist
hivalliance.org

HealthyTransitionsNY.org is a website that teaches skills and provides tools for youths in New York with developmental disabilities ages 14-25 years transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare, and their family caregivers, service coordinators, and health care providers. It features video vignettes that demonstrate health transition skills and interactive tools that foster self determination and collaboration.

MedActionPlan is thrilled that MyMedSchedule is included among the tools recommended by Healthy Transitions. Visit their Videos page and click on Managing Medications to view a short demonstration of MyMedSchedule.

“Holiday time can sure throw off your schedule (I sure know that), but it's a big deal to stay on track if you have thyroid issues like one of my kids does. How to stay on track? Get text reminders to take your medicine! It's a free reminder to not only take your medicine when you need to, but also to refill your medicine, too! [Sign up at MyMedSchedule.com.]”

A new study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine shows that a large number of hospital patients do not know which medications they are taking, according to an article at HealthDay.com. Dr. Ethan Cumbler, author of the study, explains why this can be a serious problem:

If the patient knows what medicines they're supposed to be getting and when, then they're sort of one extra layer of protection to make sure that things go well. If they don't know what medicines they're supposed to be getting or when, then they are dependent on hospital systems to work flawlessly, and the sad fact is that hospital systems in any hospital don't work flawlessly.

The HealthDay article includes some suggestions for patients from Kevin Colgan, corporate director of pharmacy at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago:

• Keep a list of medications you take so you can provide an accurate medication history when you check into the hospital.
• During your stay, ask: "What's that name of the drug you're giving me? What will it do? And what adverse drug reactions should I expect?"
• Before discharge, learn about any medications you'll be taking at home.

Read the whole article here.

Employees of Providence Saint Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon produced this inspiring video to help promote breast cancer awareness.