Walgreens also announced today the planned integration of Balance Rewards with Apple Pay, coming this fall to stores with the launch of rewards support for Apple Pay. The user will receive a follow-up notification when the medication is ready for pickup. Refill Reminders predict when medication may be running low and offer users a one-touch method to initiate a refill. The Apple Watch app connects with the user’s Pill Reminders inside the Walgreens iPhone app, and Apple’s “actionable alerts” allow the user to mark a medication as taken or skipped, as well as view which medications might have been missed or may be taken next. The Walgreens App for Apple Watch is designed to help patients manage their medications, whether it is a simple, once-daily reminder or multiple complex drug regimens. Wearable devices can play a key role in helping people take medication as prescribed. This Smart News Release features multimedia. The Walgreens App for Apple Watch is currently one of only a few apps that addresses this issue by prompting users to adhere to medication regimens and reminding them when their prescription is due for refill. Medication non-adherence is an important issue that adds an estimated $300 billion a year to medical costs in the U.S. DEERFIELD, Ill., JWalgreens today officially launched its app for Apple Watch that helps people take medications as prescribed through the easy-to-use Pill Reminder and Refill Reminder features.

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