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AccuPax \Ac”cu*pax\ Accu:  Accurate Medication Dosage Administration PAX:  Portable Archive eXchange

noun 1:  A United States retail mail order pharmacy serving seniors in living facilities all over the country. 1 noun 2: A medication service which includes packaging, delivery, and monitoring of medications to customers with a 30 day supply of individually packaged daily dosages of all of their prescriptions and vitamins delivered by mail. noun 3: An integrated pharmacy plan.

About AccuPax AccuPax is a private company providing pharmacy services to elders across the United States. Its services and products are used by both home health organizations and retirement communities. 2 The AccuPax service is used in the United States by seniors administering medication on their own or by a nurse in a senior living facility. Growth As the population continues to age, non-compliance issues with prescribed medications are becoming more and more frequent are annually costing billions of dollars 3 It is for this reason companies such as AccuPax and other mail order pharmacies are beginning to implement their services. AccuPax has continued to add clients since their inception in 2001.

Reasons for Establishment

Non-compliance prominence in today’s day and age: •	60% of medication is taken incorrectly, or not at all •	90% of elders make medication errors, resulting in serious errors roughly 35% of the time •	10% of hospital admissions are due to non-compliance issues 3

Non-compliance brings about alarming statistics: 4 •	Price of non-compliance is $100 billion annually in the US •	125,000 unnecessary deaths References:

1. http://www.rightathome.com 2. http://www.medica/co/ro/article/nr3/02_Non-compliance.pdf-microsoftinternetE 3. http://www.epill.com/statistics.html 4. http://www.medica/co/ro/article/nr3/02_Non-compliance.pdf-microsoftinternetE

Any more known information about compliance issues or AccuPax would be greatly appreciated.