25 Feb 2022 --- Older adults are open to using smart packaging to improve their medication-taking experience, a new study from the University of Waterloo, Canada, has found. Smart packages can be used to electronically monitor when patients take their medication. When the prescription is not followed as advised by their physician, the smart system notifies patients and their caregivers. “Medications are packaged in a variety of packaging. Not every type of packaging is smart. Some packaging can only be used with the devices they are packaged for,” Tejal Patel, University of Waterloo pharmacy professor and co-author of the study, tells PackagingInsights.“With regards to the study we just published, the packaging has printed ink and the packaging can only be used with devices specifically made for the packages. Patients can track their medication-taking on a web-based portal.”
