Giving people a "Helping Hand"

The "Helping Hand" is a unique product that reminds a patient when to take
their medication/tablets. The aim behind the device is to motivate and guide
the patient to aim for and maintain a high compliance rate with their
prescribed medication. In addition the device can be used by physicians to
help motivate their patients to continue taking their complete course of
medication. 

The Helping Hand device is compatible with a blister card for holding
tablets. The patient simply inserts the blister card into the open end of the
device, and activates the memory function. Once activated, the device will
notify the user via audio and visual signals when it is time for their
medication. In addition, the device registers each time the blister pack is
removed to take a tablet and records the compliance rate of the patient. 

Read the entire desciption at:
http://www.medicom.bang-olufsen.com/sw639.asp

Photo:
http://www.medicompliance.biz/graphics/Dec05images/dec%2005/Helping%20Handwith%20box%20x%20280%20x%20141.jpg

Links:
Article from the Euro Hospital "The Perfect Dispenser"
http://www.medicom.bang-olufsen.com/graphics/Articles%20pdfs/The%20Perfect%20Dispenser%20-%20Eurohospital.pdf

Brochure on The Helping Hand
http://www.medicom.bang-olufsen.com/graphics/Articles%20pdfs/Helping%20Hand%20Brochure.pdf

Another design award for The Helping Hand from Bang & Olufsen Medicom
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/web2/press/stories.asp?ID=121&showAll=True&

Electronic compliance packaging enhances drug efficacy
http://www.packagingdigest.com/articles/200508/26.php

Helping Hand tablet dispenser
http://www.scandesign.org/scandesign/art_object.do?instance=/db/scandesign:xpath(/artobject[@id='c0783Bd10'])&term=null