Medication reminder solutions have become a matter of concern in health-care research, as advancements in treatments and medication may be offset by patients' low compliance to medication schedule. In this context, an efficient reminder system should empower patients to accurately follow the prescribed medication program. In order to achieve this, we propose an architecture for a wearable self-care device, and we discuss how the initial architecture was enhanced by involving patients and care-givers in the iterative design process. The resulting hardware architecture brings forward a wearable selfcare device capable of delivering effective but tactful reminders, achieving ergonomic and functionality requirements of patients' and care-givers' ease of use.
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