BiometricUpdate.com: “ImageWare Partners with Gatekeeper Innovation to Tackle Opioid Crisis with Biometrics”
ImageWare Systems has announced a partnership with Gatekeeper Innovation to combine their technologies to combat the national opioid epidemic in the U.S. The companies have developed an innovative solution featuring Gatekeeper Innovation’s Safer Lock integrated with ImageWare’s FDA-cleared patented pillphone mobile health management platform to secure powerful medications and securely connect patients with healthcare providers, according to the announcement.
The opioid crisis cost the lives of 48,000 Americans in 2017, and the Council of Economic Advisors estimates the cost of the problem at $504 billion in 2015, the company’s say.
The Safer Lock is a patented four-digit combination locking cap sold with a Safer Lock bottle or retrofitted to many existing bottles used in pharmacies, and prevents non-patients from accessing powerful medications. The pillphone provides biometrically secured mobile communication to increase patient education, support chronic conditions, increase medication adherence, and allow medical care providers to remotely monitor and support patients.