Evaluation of the impact on hospitalization risk of an electronic pill-box to promote therapeutic adherence in post-acute care setting: a pilot study.

Literature review reveals that adherence to prescribed therapy at hospital discharge averages around 50%. The purpose of this study was to evaluate adherence to prescribed therapy assessing the relationship between re-hospitalization rate at 30 days and degree of therapeutic adherence in a sample of elderly patients discharged from an acute geriatric ward using an Electronic Medication Packaging device, MePill. The study population (n = 56) was divided in 3 groups, a counseling group (A), a counseling + MePill device group (B) and a control group (C).