• 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