Spencer Health Solutions got its start from a medical encounter. Tom Rhoads experienced the stress and uncertainty of his father’s trip to the emergency room, which hit its peak when the doctor came out and asked Tom what medications his father was on. There was no easy answer to that seemingly easy question.

With his background in pharmaceuticals and entrepreneurship, Tom knew there had to be better ways to care for patients – and that he could be the one to put a team together to make that happen.

Tom founded a company to build a device that would replace the plastic bags and pill boxes that patients so often use. Those initial efforts grew into Spencer Health Solutions. Spencer is now a growing team of professionals dedicated to helping patients, researchers and clinicians improve patient engagement and medication adherence.