RePill

Switzerland

Mobile App

Personal medication management

Dynamic, optical reminder function

Medication barcode recognition

Graphical reports

Private Policy – Term of Use– Impressum

About

About RePill

The useful app to help you manage your medication intake, even if you have a complex medication schedule.

RePill, the first Swiss app with an integrated medicine database, was developed by Absolute Development AG with the kind support of Gilead Sciences and Pfizer AG. Even extensive medication schedules can now be easily managed with RePill.

The importance of regular medication intake

Even very effective medication is no use if it is not taken regularly. This statement sounds obvious, but it is an important topic in medicine – the problem of patients’ so-called “compliance”. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 50% of patients on average who suffer from chronic diseases show good compliance. Medication compliance is particularly important in the case of chronically ill patients. Reasons for non-compliance include a lack of awareness of the importance of adherence to treatment as well as forgetfulness.

Comprehensive solution for patients

RePill is an app available for Apple iPhones and iPod Touches that helps patients to take their medication regularly. A better compliance increases the chances of successful treatment. RePill provides a simple way to manage a medication schedule, the exact name, prescribed dose and time of intake are listed for each medicine. A prominent feature of the app is that it is easy to use. For example, you can scan the barcode of a medicine by holding the iPhone camera over the barcode for a short time. RePill recognises the medicine and registers it automatically. Then you only have to select the package size and the dosage. The app manages the patient’s medication stock and prescriptions, providing a graphical medication intake report.

As of now, you can find RePill free of charge in the Apple App Store. It is available in English, German and French.

Start screen

1 RePill bubbles

On the start screen, the medicines that need to be taken immediately are displayed in red “bubbles” and the others in blue ones. Tap the red “bubble” to confirm that you have taken the medicine or tap a blue “bubble” to enlarge it. A white circular line in the red bubble shrinks. When it reaches the notch in the bubble, you have reached the scheduled time to take this medicine.

2 Intake time

When it is time for you to take a medicine, you will recive a message to that effect from RePill. If you accept the message, you can confirm the scheduled time or select a new time to receive a reminder.

3 Intake management

Tap on the message “Manage medication intake” at the top of the screen. You can “swipe” to the left to confirm a scheduled time for taking a medicine, swipe to the right to delete it or tap to edit it. Under “Edit”, you can “tap” to edit any open medication intake confirmations.

4 Medication refill

Tap the text “REPLENISH MEDICATION” or “RENEW PRESCRIPTION” at the bottom of the screen to go directly to the corresponding function.

Planning

1 Intake plan

The overview in the medication schedule displays the currently recorded intake times of your medicines. On the green days of the week, you take medication; on the red days, no medication intake is scheduled. The letter “S” stands for the start date and the letter “E” for the end date for taking the medication. Tap the scheduled medication time that you want to edit or use the “Edit” button to go to the view showing the lists of times.

2 Create intake time

Set up a scheduled medication time: You can use “drag and drop” to position the medicines in the medication schedule. If you keep your finger pressed briefly on a particular hour, quarter hours are displayed.

3 Postpone intake time

Move a scheduled medication time: with a “long press”, you can move a medicine to a different time.

4 Copy intake time

Copy a scheduled medication time: A “long press” with two fingers copies a scheduled medication time.

Medication

1 Register

A medication can be memorized by scanning its barcode. Or you can enter the name of your medication and select it from the list that is displayed. If your medication does not appear on the list, it is easy to enter it.

2 Replenish

The “Replenish” function is used to add new packs with the corresponding quantities of medicine to your stock. You can edit your current stock of medicines by using the function “Quantity in stock”.

3 Edit and delete

You can “swipe” to the right to delete a medicine, or you can edit it by tapping on it or by swiping it to the left.

4 0.5 and 0.25 units

You can use the setting 0.5 for half a measurement unit, 0.25 for quarter of the unit and, for example, 0.125 for an eighth of the unit.

Report

1 Key

Green = dose taken, red = dose skipped, orange = not yet confirmed, blue = future dose

2 Portrait or landscape mode

The medication intake report can be displayed in either portrait or landscape mode, so it can be used in the most suitable way.

3 Enlarge and reduce

By using “pan and zoom”, one, three or five days can be displayed in the medication intake report. The “Export” function allows you to export the medication intake report in CSV format and send it by e-mail.

Settings

1 Alarm message

Here you can compose an individual alarm message that can be used for the Apple notification messages outside of the RePill App.

2 Time zone calculation

The RePill app can automatically change over to winter or summer time or use a new time zone after a flight. The entire medication schedule is then adapted to the new time zone. If you do not want this, you can use “Manual calculation” to change the time over for a new time zone yourself.

3 Multiple selection

When the function “Multiple selection” is activated, you can select multiple medication times in the list of times in the medication schedule so that you can move or copy them, for example.

Terms of Use

RePill User Agreements and Legal Disclaimer

New Conditions of Use with Legal Disclaimer:

User Agreement:
RePill is intended to help you to plan and monitor the taking of your medication. RePill is not intended to and cannot be used to diagnose a certain condition or to recommend treatments or therapies. By clicking on “Agree” you confirm that you accept responsibility for taking your medication as prescribed by the doctor and that you have read and understood the patient information leaflet enclosed with your medication. Please consult your treating doctor if you have any questions about your health or your medication.

Legal Disclaimer:
The publishers and sponsors of this app will make every effort to keep RePill up to date. However, they accept no liability for the accuracy or completeness of the information given. Similarly the publishers and sponsors accept no liability for any damage resulting from the use of this app, except in the case of wilful intent or gross negligence.

Data Protection:
The publishers and sponsors have complied with all data protection regulations in the operation of this app. No data is collected. Your own personal data can only be accessed from your mobile device.

Private Policy

General Site Policy

Private Policies
Please read this site policy carefully before using the website.

General Privacy Policy
The following informs you about the information we collect about you, how this information is used and how you can prevent this information from being used.

Collection and use of personal data
Absolute Development AG does not collect any personal details e.g. names, addresses, e-mail addresses etc. on this website.

Other types of information are collected for statistical purposes and analysed anonymously, for example your IP address, domain name, date and time of access or the name of the website accessed. Analysing this information helps us adapt our services and presentation.

Cookies and Google Analytics
Our website uses “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and are used to analyse your use of the website.

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). The cookie generates information about your use of this website (including your IP address) and this is transferred to a Google server in the USA, where it is stored. Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website to compile reports about website activity for the website operators and to provide other services associated with website and Internet use. Google is entitled to pass this information on to third parties, provided this is prescribed by legal regulations, or have this data processed on Google’s behalf. Google, in association with Google Analytics, has declared that Google may not under any circumstances link your IP address with any other data that is stored by Google. The purpose of the information we collect using this technology is to improve our website.

You can set your computer to warn you every time a cookie is transferred, or set your browser software to prevent the installation of cookies. We would like to point out, however, that if you do this you might not be able to use all the functions on this website in full.

By using this website, you agree to Google using your data collected in the way described above and for the above-mentioned purpose.

Amendments
Any amendments to this data privacy statement will be published on this page.

Additional information
Should you have any further questions about the handling of your personal data, or if you would like to know whether any of your personal data is being processed, please contact: Absolute Development AG, repill@absolute.ch.

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