It’s been announced that Polyglot Systems, who provides award-winning “Meducation” content to hard-to-reach patients through mobile web, apps and e-mail technology, has partnered with CellepathicRx to deliver its medication adherence solution through the latter’s mHealth platform.
Polyglot specializes in providing medication adherence solutions aimed at patients who have low health literacy or difficulty understanding English. Through its Meducation content, patients and healthcare providers can access medication instructions that are written at a 5th to 6th grade reading level in any of over twelve languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean, Haitian Creole, Italian, French, Arabic, Russian, Bengali, Polish and others. Instructions can also be printed in large fonts for those with impaired vision. The solution even lets patients access online videos demonstrating proper medication use for medications that are especially hard to use and understand.
“Poor medication adherence has been associated with over 100,000 deaths and $290 billion additional healthcare costs annually,” said Sims Preston, Polyglot Systems’ CEO. “Meducation addresses this by providing instructions that are easy to understand. That is only half the battle, though. The instructions must be delivered to patients efficiently and without interruption of provider workflow. This is exactly what CellepathicRx’s mobile solutions enable.”
Through its partnership with CellepathicRx, Polyglot gains access to a fully HIPAA-compliant mobile and multimedia-based “direct-to-patient” communication system. The platform is tailored to, and heavily focused on, helping patients understand and adhere to medication regimens, clinical trial protocols, health coaching, and health and wellness programs, making Polyglot’s Meducation solution a perfect fit.