Verizon Wireless and Medco Health Solutions have recently announced Medco Pharmacy, a mobile app that can guide patients and their doctors to the lowest-cost prescription drug to meet their health needs. At the same time, the application helps users identify potentially harmful drug interactions.
Available for download in V CAST Apps (and Android Market), Medco Pharmacy works both with a patient’s prescription drug plan, as well as drug interaction alerts based on the patient’s prescription history. Moreover, it sings along the medco.com website to provide patients with the complete medication history.
The application consists of three key features:
- My Rx Choices – which delivers personalized out-of-pocket costs for any prescription medication and lower-cost options based on the member’s pharmacy plan coverage, as well as for eligible dependents.
- My Medicine Cabinet – that allows individuals to view the medications they are on and set reminders for themselves or members of the household to take or refill those medications.
- Prescription ID Card – which offers easy access to a member’s prescription drug card anytime, anywhere.
Verizon’s press release ends with a figure from Medco research, suggesting 500,000 prescriptions that have a lower-cost option available are written every day for Medco members…
Medco Pharmacy (FREE) [Android Market link]