{"id":710633,"date":"2026-06-02T19:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/710633\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:29:11","slug":"automated-medication-dispensers-trialled-in-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/710633\/","title":{"rendered":"Automated medication dispensers trialled in Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The government said it was hoped the automated dispensers would reduce the need for multiple daily visits from care staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It said the project was focused on those who take multiple medicines, were managing long-term conditions or required additional support from care providers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alongside improving day-to-day care, the pilot would generate Jersey-specific evidence on clinical outcomes, workforce impact and cost-effectiveness in healthcare delivery, the government added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The scheme has been awarded \u00a377,500 by Impact Jersey, which is delivered by Digital Jersey, and will be tested by European technology specialist Evondos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Evondos UK managing director Nick Hucker said: &#8220;The system is designed to deliver medication accurately, prevent access outside scheduled times and alert care teams if doses are missed.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said he hoped it would deliver a solution that would help people live more independently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Digital Jersey chief executive officer Tony Moretta said the pilot was &#8220;a strong example of innovation being applied to a genuine everyday challenge&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government said it was hoped the automated dispensers would reduce the need for multiple daily visits from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49,48,84,377],"class_list":["post-710633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}