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Subscription services are quickly becoming the norm in several industries.  Services such as Spotify and Netflix have made music and movies a service rather than a product. People have even switched to subscription plans for things like online computer repair service. However, what if people could turn something more essential and important into a subscription service too?  Pillpack is a new startup that wants to switch pharmaceutical medication to subscription-based service.  This cool product would replace customers’ weekly or monthly trip to the local pharmacy with a delivery of their medications in one simplified package, which is where the name of the startup has its origins.  This new model certainly disrupts a decades-old system of using brick-and-mortar pharmacies for prescription medicine.  Even online pharmacies have never quite tried anything like the subscription service that Pillpack offers patients.  Read more »

Managing diseases and other conditions more efficiently is one the best advantages of ubiquitous high-level technology.  With computers, tablets, and smartphones everywhere and the advent of cloud technology, it’s easier than ever for people to use technology to their advantage when handling health problems.  One cool person in technology who is helping people do this is Glooko CEO Rick Altinger.  Altinger’s company provides a diabetes management application for mobile phones.  The Glooko app makes managing and keeping track of one’s condition easier and more convenient with the help of mobile technology.  Read more »