MHS: A Multimedia System for Improving Medication Adherence in Elderly Care

Author

Tang, Lei ; Zhou, Xingshe ; Yu, Zhiwen ; Liang, Yunji ; Zhang, Daqing ; Ni, Hongbo

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China

Volume

5

Issue

4

fYear

2011

Firstpage

506

Lastpage

517

Abstract

Due to its proven capability in customizing information according to the patients´ needs, multimedia has been regarded as a promising technology for home healthcare. In this paper, we present our study on improving medication adherence of the elderly with the support of ubiquitous multimedia services. A multimedia healthcare system (MHS) is built based on a comprehensive understanding of the requirements of the elderly care. It provides the continuous medication monitoring, context aware prompting, adaptive multimedia presentation, and flexible medicine management. The experimental results show that the MHS can improve the medication adherence of the elderly effectively.

Keywords

handicapped aids; health care; multimedia computing; patient care; ubiquitous computing; adaptive multimedia presentation; context aware prompting; continuous medication monitoring; elderly care; flexible medicine management; home healthcare; medication adherence; multimedia healthcare system; ubiquitous multimedia services; Geriatrics; Medical services; Multimedia communication; Ubiquitous computing; Elderly care; medication adherence; multimedia system; ubiquitous computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-8184

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSYST.2011.2165593

Filename

6026896