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Great-West Life has introduced a new smart-phone app to help plan members better manage their prescription medications.
DrugHub, which is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, serves as “a virtual library of prescription drug information at your fingertips,” says Brad Fedorchuk, vice-president of group marketing at Great-West Life.
“Managing prescription drug usage can be complex, particularly for people with chronic health conditions or who require multiple medications over extended periods of time,” adds Fedorchuk. “Taking prescription medications correctly as prescribed is one simple but effective way people can enhance their health self-management, and DrugHub can help them do so.”
The app can also help track medications for aging parents, children or others who plan members may be responsible for. “DrugHub displays multiple prescriptions, issues reminders for multiple individuals about when to take medications, tracks dosages and flags when it is time to order refills,” Fedorchuk says. “By helping to manage some of this complexity, we believe DrugHub can help people follow their medication dosages and schedules more closely, thereby improving [their] health outcomes.”
Preview the DrugHub application