An automatic medication self-management and monitoring system for independently living patients

    Authors

    C. McCall; B. Maynes; C. C. Zou;N. J. Zhang

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Med. Eng. Phys.

    Keywords

    Medication Adherence; In-home healthcare device; Radio-frequency; identification (RFID); HEALTH-CARE; KIDNEY-TRANSPLANTATION; NONCOMPLIANCE; Engineering, Biomedical

    Abstract

    This paper describes the development, prototyping, and evaluation of RMAIS (RFID-based Medication Adherence Intelligence System). Previous work in this field has resulted in devices that are either costly or too complicated for general (especially elderly) patients to operate. RMAIS provides a practical and economical means for ordinary patients to easily manage their own medications, taking the right dosage of medicine at the prescribed time in a fully automatic way. The system design has the following features: (1) fully automatic operation for easy medication by using the built-in scale for dosage measurement and a motorized rotation plate to deliver the right medicine container in front of a patient, (2) various medication reminder messages for patients, and noncompliance alerts for caregivers (such as doctors, relatives or social workers who take care of the patients), and (3) incremental and economical adoption by pharmacies, patients, and insurance companies. (C) 2012 IPEM. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Medical Engineering & Physics

    Volume

    35

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    505

    Last Page

    514

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000318457100011

    ISSN

    1350-4533

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