GluRx

Sugarcoated by Pharmacists
Angelie Ruiz, Denise Machado, Kelie Nicholson,
Linnet Herrera, Melanie García, Yarelis Díaz; PharmD Candidates
Ioana Popovici, PhD

Background Innovation Marketing Plan

• One in five diabetic patients don’t know they have • The total cost of non-optimization of medications
diabetes1 has been estimated at $528 billion in 20165
• 75,486 number of deaths with diabetes as an • About 23 seconds to discuss new medications6
underlying condition2 • Immediate Pharmacist accessibility
• $327 Billions is the annual estimated cost of diabetes3 • Drive adherence and enhance patient relationship
• Pharmacist intervention: high correlation
in medication adherence and health improvement
• Pharmacist’s role within telemedicine has expanded Purpose
• Good level of patient satisfaction with • The GluRx App is a useful
telemedicine consults, due to the perceived convenience application dedicated
for the patient and/or their caregivers4 to assist patients with diabetes that
• GluRx was created to reduce the cost of diabetes, have access to a smartphone
reduce mortality rate and provide accessibility. • To provide reliable information and
services for diabetic patients

Mission Statement
The GluRx App provides affordable self-monitoring of
prescribed diabetes medication with the assistance of a
medication specialist.

Services
Medication reconciliation
Objectives Counseling
Side effects & drug interaction reports
•Help patients with diabetes manage their lives and disease
Nutrition/exercise logs
state through monitoring blood glucose, medication
reconciliation, counseling and more​
Glucose monitoring Promotion
•Improve patient's quality of life​ Prototype
• Flyers
•Decrease diabetes disease burden
• Advertising
Future Goals • Demo video Acknowledgements
Add more languages
• Social media We would like to thank our mentor
Include more Ioana Popovici, our facilitator, Jaime
(to expand our healthcare professional Riskin and Farrah Tonnos.
population) services
References
1. National Diabetes Statistics Report. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Published 2020. Accessed January
27, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdf
2. Steiner C and Jordan, R.W. Diabetes State Burden Toolkit Technical Report. Updated December 2016. Accessed
January 27, 2021. https://nccd.cdc.gov/Toolkit/DiabetesBurden/images/docs/technical_documentation.pdf
3. Diabetes and Prediabetes. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated November 3,2020. Accessed
Include pharmacy Achieve 1,000 February 3, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/factsheets/diabetes-prediabetes.htm
4. Killeen RM, Grindrod K, Ong SW. Innovations in practice: Telepharmacy's time has arrived. Can Pharm J (Ott).
affiliations downloads in 6 months 2020;153(5):252-255. doi:10.1177/1715163520945732
5. Watanabe JH, McInnis T, Hirsch JD. Cost of Prescription Drug-Related Morbidity and Mortality. Ann Pharmacother.
and expand services and at least 50 PRO 2018;52(9):829-837. doi:10.1177/1060028018765159
6. Tarn DM, Paterniti DA, Kravitz RL, et al. How much time does it take to prescribe a new medication?. Patient Educ
nationwide memberships Couns. 2008;72(2):311-319. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2008.02.019
7. Lastovetska A. How Do Free Apps Make Money? Published January 2021. Accessed January 31,
2021. https://mlsdev.com/blog/how-do-free-apps-make-money