New Directions and iRX Reminder Collaborate to Improve Clinical Trials

Two mhealth technology companies, New Directions Technology Consulting and iRx Reminder, are joining forces to develop bidirectional smartphone-based solutions for clinical trials [1]. The collaboration between the two companies aims to expand iRx Reminder’s bidirectional smartphone-based solutions focused on improving real-time data collection and lowering costs of clinical trials. iRx Reminder is an Akron, Ohio-based mobile health application service provider focused on medicine, device, and behavior research. The iRx Reminder smartphone app provides for the direct capture of in-the-moment, electronic data from patients and clinical study participants. Digital data is sent from the patient’s smartphone to a web accessible control center in real time. Based in New York, New Directions Technology Consulting is a healthcare consultancy that develops commercial opportunities for its corporate, trade and professional associations. New Directions Technology Consulting is the exclusive market developer of the mMed mobile medication management patent portfolio, which goes beyond “take your medicine” reminders, “refill your prescription” alerts, and self-tracking solutions. The mMed mobile medication management patent portfolio could provide the foundation for tools to help patients outside the doctor’s office or hospital to take actions required to make and keep themselves well. mMed’s patents apply to securing usage information fo...
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