Daniel Ferrara

A high-tech entrepreneur and pioneer in the Interactive Voice Technology field, Vistage Business Coach, Consultant to Large Physician Groups and Commercial Healthcare Organizations, I launched WellCare Today, LLC in 2009. Using the experience gained in the technology and healthcare fields, I developed HealthAssist, a patent-pending medication adherence and health management application that runs on the iPhone, Droid and Blackberry (over 83% of all Smartphone users). Addressing many pieces of the non-adherence puzzle, HealthAssist helps patients remember to take their medications and to refill their prescriptions timely.

10% of all hospital admissions and 23% of long-term elder care admissions in the U.S. are a consequence of failed patient adherence

Medication non-adherence costs the U.S. each year:

$100 Billion dollars and 125,000 lives

20-25% of employers' healthcare expenses are a direct consequence of medication non-adherence

¨10th Annual survey of large employers", Watson Wyatt Worldwide and National Business Group on Health, March 2005.

HealthAssist, cost-free to users, helps with this chronic healthcare problem. Features include:

1. CalendarAlert℠: Reminds users to take their meds (via a text message), has a snooze feature and includes tomorrow’s weather

2. RefillAlert℠ reminds users to refill their prescriptions timely, records refill dates and medication supply and can provide easy refill submittals via the application

3. AdherenceAlert℠ identifies non-adherent patients and supports intervention, including the ability to isolate non-adherent issues and address them

4. HealthAlert℠ provides monthly condition-related education to users SponsorAlert℠ providse a HIPAA compliant patient relationship management and communications tool

5. Condition-Specific reminders for Diabetics – Reminders for retinal exams, A1C tests, foot exams, etc.