An IoT-Based Pill Management System for Elderly

Abstract

The challenge to guarantee healthy aging has become a major social concern. Due to the cognitive deficits related to age, hectic daily activities, and multiple medications prescriptions, the elders often tend to forget their pills intakes. This has a colossal impact on their health and life. Moreover, the recent pandemic of COVID-19 has accentuated the importance to provide independent and autonomous living for the elderly. This paper presents a pill management system based on IoT intended for aged individuals. The proposed system is a smart pill dispenser associated with a mobile application. The main actors of the system are the patient, the doctor, the pharmacist, and the patient's caregiver and/or relative, each having restricted access to the system via specific credentials. The prescription is directly edited on the mobile application by the doctor and the scheduling and filling of the pillbox is done wirelessly by the pharmacist. The reminding of medications intakes in this system is done gradually to help the patient adhere to his/her prescription. First, it notifies the patient about his/her scheduled pill by a mobile notification then via the pill dispenser using LCD, LED, and buzzer. The implemented system also allows the doctor and caregiver to keep a tab of the patient's intakes. Furthermore, the pill dispenser is featured with a locking mechanism to ensure medication dosage control and prevent drugs abuse. Experiments show that the proposed system is appreciated by the elderly and encourages them to take their pills successfully and safely without causing any disturbance.Povzetek: Zaradi kognitivnih omejitev, povezanih s starostjo, napornih dnevnih dejavnosti in množice predpisanih zdravil, starejši pogosto pozabijo vzeti predpisana zdravila. Ta članek predstavlja sistem za upravljanje jemanja zdravil, ki temelji na internetu stvari in je namenjen starejšim posameznikom. Predlagani sistem sestoji iz pametnega razdeljevalnika zdravil, ki je povezan z mobilno aplikacijo. Poleg pomoči pri pravilnem jemanju zdravil sistem omogoča tudi nadzor jemanja zdravil s strani svojcev, zdravnikov in negovalcev.

IOT Based Pill Reminder and Monitoring System

“…SPRB alleviates the burden on elderly family members by administering doses accurately and offers an Android app for remote medication schedule management [4]. This paper introduces an IoT-based pill management system for the elderly, featuring a smart pill dispenser and mobile app, facilitating medication adherence, doctor and caregiver monitoring, and dosage control, resulting in safe and successful pill intake without disruption [5]. Medicines serve to cure, prevent diseases, or aid in diagnosis.…”

Implementation of the IoT-Based Technology on Patient Medication Adherence: A Comprehensive Bibliometric and Systematic Review

“…Connected pharmacy services (Silva et al, 2016;Yang et al, 2014); automatic refill systems (Parra et al, 2017;Sohn et al, 2015); prescription renewal reminders (Kinthada et al, 2017;Roumaissa & Rachid, 2022;Srinivas et al, 2018;Yang et al, 2014).…”

“…Journal of ICT,22,No. 4 (Oct) Digital pill sensors Chavez et al, 2020;Roumaissa & Rachid, 2022;Silpa et al, 2022); health monitoring systems Aguilar-Rivera et al, 2020;Fathillah & Chellappan, 2022;Ishak et al, 2018;Ma et al, 2018;Roh et al, 2021;Srinivas et al, 2018;Yang et al, 2014); wearable devices (Roh et al, 2021).…”

“…Remote patient education (Chavez et al, 2020;Karagiannis et al, 2022;Roh et al, 2021;Yang et al, 2014); interactive patient education (Chavez et al, 2020;Karagiannis et al, 2022;Roh et al, 2021;Yang et al, 2014); mobile applications (Fathillah and Chellappan, 2022;Roh et al, 2021;Roumaissa & Rachid, 2022),…”

“…Watch (Ma et al, 2018), mobile app (Fathillah & Chellappan. 2022;Roh et al, 2021;Roumaissa & Rachid, 2022;Silpa et al, 2022), and web server (Ishak et al, 2018;Karagiannis et al, 2022;Sherif et al, 2020;Silpa et al, 2022) A system consisting of a watch, mobile app, and web server to track medication adherence.…”