DocumentCode
1578816
Title
Designing low cost digital dose reminder system
Author
Mohammed, Mohammed Nabri Ahmed ; Ahmed, Ahmed Hassan Mohamed ; Salih, Tasneem Mamhoud
Author_Institution
Electron. Eng. Dept., El Mashriq Coll. for Sci. & Technol., Khartoum, Sudan
fYear
2013
Firstpage
357
Lastpage
362
Abstract
Forgetfulness is a major difficulty in Patients who do not take their drugs with the exact dosage on time, it has been found that this leads to malfunctioning and lowers the efficiency of their medication; a prominent practical solution has been studied and provided here. Dose Reminder System, is a simple device designed for home use, it can be easily programmed by the caregiver and used by the elderly. Time & dose control proved to be very effective in illness management; therefore, it was essential to develop an effective solution that solves this problem, which will increase accuracy and reduce amount of attention & cost needed for care giving. The prototype produced here was designed on low cost to make it within reach of the majority; functions are fully working, also the model is mobile but the size is a bit larger than required. The design was successfully implemented and tested.
Keywords
drugs; health care; medical information systems; attention reduction; care giving; cost reduction; dose control; elderly people; forgetfulness; home use; illness management; low-cost digital dose reminder system design; time control; Clocks; DC motors; Drugs; Microcontrollers; Pins; Prototypes; Real-time systems; Dispenser; Dose; Drug; Reminder; System;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computing, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICCEEE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Khartoum
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-6231-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCEEE.2013.6633962
Filename
6633962
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