Using Ingestible Sensors to Improve Medication Adherence

Wearable technology is popular within the healthcare system as it expands clinician's ability to gather patient health information, track health metrics over time, and tweak treatment plans. These technologies are typically worn on the body, enabling remote patient monitoring. Researchers have developed wearable sensors that can detect COVID-19, as well as ones that can help predict heart attacks.However, healthcare researchers are now wondering.Mass General Brigham is looking into this, with researchers investigating whether ingestible sensors can ease the long-standing challenge of medication adherence.Medication adherence refers to patients taking their medications as directed. Poor medication adherence could result from patients not filling prescriptions, skipping doses or cutting doses in half.

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According to Peter Ray Chai, MD, an emergency medicine physician and associate professor of emergency medicine at Mass General Brigham, the factors driving medication adherence are varied, ranging from psychosocial issues to access barriers to economic hurdles.Medication access is another critical barrier to medication adherence. Chai noted that patients can lack access to medication for several reasons, including being uninsured or underinsured and, thus, not being able to afford the medication. Transportation can also drive access barriers, as people without a car or access to public transportation might be unable to pick up their medication.

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