Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chin-Yi Univ. of Technol., Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract :
In general leading medicine, patients takes prescription to drugstore, then a pharmacist get this prescription, seeks gallipot on medicine cabinet. The pharmacist checks each drug, dose distribution, and gives it to patient. But there are lots of drugs and gallipots in large hospitals, the pharmacist must take more times on seeking and checking drug. In this processes, it takes lots of times on checking drug. All of it is safe for patients, but it takes times and person. By law, all of this process can´t be automatically by machine. For this case, we try to simplify and shorten process by using mobile application. Thanks to the widespread wireless internet and developed technology products, we use this advantage in this discuss. We try to use mobile devices and mobile application, get the correct gallipots on medicine cabinet fast. The pharmacist only needs take the gallipots, check the drug in gallipots, dose distribution, and give it to patients and tell them how to take. Patients also can get drug information likes how to take, contra-indications listed for dung. It will avoid accidental on take drugs. This discusses will save labor cost and increase medication safety.
Keywords :
Internet; drugs; electronic health records; personal area networks; barcode; dose distribution; drug information; drugstore prescription; general leading medicine; leading medicine; medication safety; medicine cabinet; mobile application; mobile devices; pharmacist; widespread wireless Internet; Drugs; Flowcharts; Hardware; Hospitals; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Universal Serial Bus; Leading medicine; Mobile Device;