Case Study

Insightfil: improving medication adherence through engagement

Insightfil: improving medication adherence through engagement

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Medication adherence, "America’s other drug problem”

In the US, 50% of prescription medications are not taken, there is $300B/year in avoidable costs to the national health system, and 1 death every 19 minutes. Approximately 23% of Americans take 3 or more prescription medications, often as a part of complex drug regimens. Medication nonadherence is particularly significant in elder-care, where 50% of people 65+ years old take 4+ medications for multiple complex chronic conditions, combined with 25% experiencing the onset of cognitive decline. Insightfil's tap-to-engage system allows patients to easily identify and indicate the administration of prescription drugs using their smartphone.

Client

Insightfil

Industry

HealthTech

Year

2019

Services

Cloud Construction, Mobile App Development

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Medication adherence, "America’s other drug problem”

In the US, 50% of prescription medications are not taken, there is $300B/year in avoidable costs to the national health system, and 1 death every 19 minutes. Approximately 23% of Americans take 3 or more prescription medications, often as a part of complex drug regimens. Medication nonadherence is particularly significant in elder-care, where 50% of people 65+ years old take 4+ medications for multiple complex chronic conditions, combined with 25% experiencing the onset of cognitive decline. Insightfil's tap-to-engage system allows patients to easily identify and indicate the administration of prescription drugs using their smartphone.

Client

Insightfil

Industry

HealthTech

Year

2019

Services

Cloud Construction, Mobile App Development

Goals & Accomplishments

Insightfil’s instrumentation solution for medication packaging detects patient adherence behaviors in real-time. Insightfil pairs a custom smartphone app with unique disposable NFC tags that are attached to the patient’s medication packages – pill bottles, blister packs, pouches, et al. – that automatically detects when and where and if the dose matches the patient’s care plan.

We designed and developed clinician and patient user experiences for this fulfillment and adherence platform for Insightfil, having won over $2.5M in NIH SBIR research grants. Worked with Hartford Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health in establishing a product and service roadmap that meets the needs of their patients and caregivers. Led teams through a human centered design process, identifying user personas, use cases, and customer journey maps.

We developed dynamic multiproduct packaging and labeling technology that produces an FDA-compliant supplement facts label for customized dietary supplement bundles. Mobile-optimized web applications were deployed in to a dynamically scalable HIPAA-compliant infrastructure. Installed custom fulfillment robot with touchscreen interface at manufacturing partner facility in Houston, Texas. Developed operational guides and trained robot operators on usage. Monitored and tuned system based on analytics data.

We participated in the NSF I-Corps Phase 0 program for startups culminating in an NIH SBIR Phase I and II grants with NCATS. Insightfil has participated in startup programs at MassChallenge, HealthBox, and I-Corps.

Goals & Accomplishments

Insightfil’s instrumentation solution for medication packaging detects patient adherence behaviors in real-time. Insightfil pairs a custom smartphone app with unique disposable NFC tags that are attached to the patient’s medication packages – pill bottles, blister packs, pouches, et al. – that automatically detects when and where and if the dose matches the patient’s care plan.

We designed and developed clinician and patient user experiences for this fulfillment and adherence platform for Insightfil, having won over $2.5M in NIH SBIR research grants. Worked with Hartford Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health in establishing a product and service roadmap that meets the needs of their patients and caregivers. Led teams through a human centered design process, identifying user personas, use cases, and customer journey maps.

We developed dynamic multiproduct packaging and labeling technology that produces an FDA-compliant supplement facts label for customized dietary supplement bundles. Mobile-optimized web applications were deployed in to a dynamically scalable HIPAA-compliant infrastructure. Installed custom fulfillment robot with touchscreen interface at manufacturing partner facility in Houston, Texas. Developed operational guides and trained robot operators on usage. Monitored and tuned system based on analytics data.

We participated in the NSF I-Corps Phase 0 program for startups culminating in an NIH SBIR Phase I and II grants with NCATS. Insightfil has participated in startup programs at MassChallenge, HealthBox, and I-Corps.

Technologies & Systems

Infrastructure
Google Cloud Platform • Terraform

Data
Cloud Firestore • Cloud Storage

Process Orchestration
Cloud Run • Cloud Functions • Cloud Scheduler • Cloud Tasks

Authentication
Firebase

UI
Next.js • React • ThemeUI • Swift

Product Analytics
Google Analytics • Amplitude

SDLC
GitHub • GitHub Actions

Technologies & Systems

Infrastructure
Google Cloud Platform • Terraform

Data
Cloud Firestore • Cloud Storage

Process Orchestration
Cloud Run • Cloud Functions • Cloud Scheduler • Cloud Tasks

Authentication
Firebase

UI
Next.js • React • ThemeUI • Swift

Product Analytics
Google Analytics • Amplitude

SDLC
GitHub • GitHub Actions

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