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Systems and methods are provided for facilitating effective self-management of medication treatment by patients. A Smart Tray monitors and reports to third parties a patient's compliance with various medication treatment regimens. Medication containers are provided with electromagnetic tags that pro

Systems and methods are provided for facilitating effective self-management of medication treatment by patients. A Smart Tray monitors and reports to third parties a patient's compliance with various medication treatment regimens. Medication containers are provided with electromagnetic tags that provide various information about medicament contained within a respective container. A Smart Tray is equipped with a processor and reader that interrogates each respective electromagnetic tag to identify medicament(s) contained within each container. Using the retrieved information, a Smart Tray provides visual and/or audio signals to a patient to remind the patient when and how much of various medicaments to take. A Smart Tray also monitors, via the reader, when a medication container is removed. A Smart Tray can communicate with one or more third parties, such as healthcare providers, pharmacies, and other suppliers of healthcare products and services via a computer network. In addition, a Smart Tray can communicate with various appliances and can modify medication regimens for particular medicaments in response to data received from various appliances.

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[ That which is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method of monitoring patient compliance with medication treatment, the method comprising the steps of:removably receiving a container within a receptacle in an apparatus, wherein the container contains a medicament, wherein the container has an electromagnetic t

[ That which is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method of monitoring patient compliance with medication treatment, the method comprising the steps of:removably receiving a container within a receptacle in an apparatus, wherein the container contains a medicament, wherein the container has an electromagnetic tag attached thereto, wherein the electromagnetic tag contains information about the medicament, and wherein the apparatus includes a reader that is configured to interrogate the electromagnetic tag and retrieve information therefrom;interrogating the electromagnetic tag via the reader to retrieve information therefrom, wherein the retrieved information comprises an identification of the medicament;alerting a patient to take a dose of the medicament in accordance with a dosage regimen associated with the identified medicament; andstoring in the apparatus a time when removal of the container from the receptacle is detected by the reader.