Patent ID: 8508346

Claim:
A computer-based method for monitoring medication compliance, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a remote processor at a communications device associated with a patient, instructions for the patient to take at least one medication associated with a medication packaging; reading, via the communications device, a machine-readable medium of the medication packaging, wherein the machine readable medium comprises medication information specifying whether a dispensing any of the at least one medication has occurred, whether an expiration of the at least one medication has occurred, whether a tampering with the medication packaging has occurred and wherein the machine-readable medium is configured to adjust differently in response to each of the dispensing, the expiration, and the tampering; determining a condition of the medical packaging based at least on the machine-readable medium; and presenting, at the communications device, a message for the patient regarding compliance with the instructions based on the instructions for the patient and the condition of the medical packaging.