Your eyes are burning. Most of us so-called adults turn into big babies when we are sick. We want to be waited on. We want someone to bring us toast and fluff our pillows. It might sound far-fetched, but it's the way technology is heading.
Medication errors are a health issue.
The report goes on to state that medication errors account for one in 131 outpatient deaths and one in 854 in-patient deaths. Both offer voice output and market their products to the estimated 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the United States,1 not to mention dyslexic patients and those who are unable to read. The Aloud Audio Labeling System by Asko Corp., currently available through RxPartners, is a replay unit. Pushing down on the bottle while it is in the replay unit activates the audio label for read back to the patient. This means a client who is unable to read the writing on the prescription bottle, whether because of disability, illiteracy or the plain old flu, can now take his or her medication unassisted.