Encouragement of therapy-loyalty

The effectiveness of medicines depends to a large extent on the correct and consistent taking of the medication by the patient. Therapy-loyalty is an important precondition for the success of a treatment with medicines. With the treatment of HIV patients there was the need for an effective resource to improve therapy-loyalty. Janssen developed Pillcoach for this purpose in collaboration with physicians and nursing staff.
The Pillcoach app is an ‘HIV medication therapy-loyalty application’ for smartphones. The Pillcoach was developed to monitor how the HIV medication is being taken. Together with the HIV treater a medication schedule can be created before the app is activated. The patient is sent messages showing the pill-taking timetable. The patient can indicate if the medication has been taken and any reasons why it may not have been.
Therapy-loyalty is an important precondition for the success of a treatment with medicines.
Daily monitoring of taking the medication results in an overview of the therapy-loyalty of the patient. This summary can be evaluated together with the treater. Physicians and nursing staff are enthusiastic about Pillcoach as a resource for treating their patients. The joint approach has led to a practical and useable application that assists patients during their treatment.
