The RX Watch stipend is small now but HSI is really just getting started. This is twisted thinking. The mechanism exists in third parties right now for paying pharmacists for cognitive services. The pharmaceutical industry is willing to pay for services. At least six companies have contacted Auburn University's Department of Pharmacy Care Systems to discuss product specific compliance programs.
Compliance is everyone's problem.
Imagine being a product manager representing a company that has spent years and millions of dollars getting a new product which treats a chronic disease to market. Through extensive amounts of promotional detailing, a million prescriptions are generated. Six months later fully fifty percent of the patients have stopped taking the medication for a variety of reasons. Pharmaceutical companies will pay for follow up care and refill reminder services if compliance is improved. Wellspring is the best example of a successfully run compliance program Med-Minder initiated refill fees from companies is another.