Tools Help Patients Interface With Doctors - WSJ.com: "When Tajel Shah sought laser surgery to correct her shortsightedness, the surgeon said she would need to use eye-wetting drops every hour and take a medication for three weeks to ready her eyes for the procedure -- a tough regimen for the working mother of two to follow.
'I thought there's no way I am going to be able to do this unless I have some sort of physical reminder,' said the 38-year-old from San Francisco.
Then a friend told her about the Zuri, an iPod-sized device that sends patients reminders to take their medications and records their compliance, which users and, if they choose, their doctors can track through a companion Web page."
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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