Low Cost Robotic Medicine Dispenser

Ahadani, Mohammad Auzi; Silva, Liyanage C. De; Petra, Iskandar; Hameed, Mohammad Faisal A.; Wong, Teck Sion

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.163

“…18 Such a statement remains relevant since, at the time of writing, robotic technology is in development and in the near future such technology is likely to play an increasing role in medication dispensing across health services. 19 Implications for Research and/or Practice Since quality of information received by GC did not appear to differ according to the professional background of the staff member, we would suggest that signi cant human resource savings could be made if this function were delegated to administrative staff universally across the national prison estate. As with any new role, there could be a need for training in this regard of administrative staff groups.…”

Section: Comparison With Existing Literaturementioning

confidence: 93%

Long-term Condition Management for Prisoners: improving the processes between community and prison

Wright

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Hankins

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Hearty

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2021

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Background: Prisoner populations have a disproportionately high prevalence of risk factors for long-term conditions (LTCs), and movement between community and prisons is a period of potential disruption in the ongoing monitoring and management of LTCs.Method: 19 qualitative interviews with staff, recruited by purposive sampling for professional background, were conducted to explore facilitators and barriers to screening, monitoring and medicines management for LTCs.Results: There is variability in prisoner behaviours regarding bringing community GP-prescribed medication to prison following arrest and detention in police custody, which affects service ability regarding seamless continuation of community prescribing actions. Systems for actively inputting clinical data into existing, nationally agreed, electronic record templates for QOF monitoring are under-developed in prisons and such activity is dependent upon individual “enthusiast(s)”.Conclusion: There is a pressing need to embed standardised QOF monitoring systems within an integrated community/prison commissioning framework, supported by connectivity between prison and community primary care records, including all activity related to QOF compliance.

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“…15 Such a statement remains relevant since, at the time of writing, robotic technology is in development and in the near future such technology is likely to play an increasing role in medication dispensing across health services. 16 Implications for Research and/or Practice Since quality of information received by GC did not appear to differ according to the professional background of the staff member, we would suggest that signi cant human resource savings could be made if this function were delegated to administrative staff universally across the national prison estate. There could be a need for training in this regard of administrative staff groups.…”

Section: Comparison With Existing Literaturementioning

confidence: 93%

Long-term Condition Management for Prisoners: Improving the Interface Between Community and Prison

Wright

¹

,

Hankins

²

,

Hearty

³

2020

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Background: Prisoner populations have a disproportionately high prevalence of risk factors for long-term conditions (LTCs), and movement between community and prisons is a period of potential disruption in the ongoing monitoring and management of LTCs. Method: 19 qualitative interviews with staff, recruited by purposive sampling for professional background, were conducted to explore facilitators and barriers to screening, monitoring and medicines management for LTCs.Results: There is variability in prisoner behaviours regarding bringing community GP-prescribed medication to prison following arrest and detention in police custody, which affects service ability regarding seamless continuation of community prescribing actions. Systems for actively inputting clinical data into existing, nationally agreed, electronic record templates for QOF monitoring are under-developed in prisons and such activity is dependent upon individual “enthusiast(s)”. Similarly, compared to community systems, prison-based systems for “e-prescribing” functionality are under-developed. Conclusion: There is a pressing need to embed standardised QOF monitoring systems within an integrated community/prison commissioning framework, supported by connectivity between prison and community primary care records, including all activity related to QOF compliance. Developing systems for e-prescribing and wider medicines management can improve the quality of care for LTCs. Prison-based general practice has historically not been equivalent to that offered in community settings. Current pressing threats to community equivalence are that QOF monitoring systems are not embedded within prison healthcare payment structures and prison e-prescribing systems are underdeveloped. Supporting wider connectivity between prison and community GP records, including all activity related to QOF compliance and developing systems for e-prescribing had the potential to improve the quality of LTC care for this vulnerable group.

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“…"Pharmacy automation" is the process of automating the routine tasks performed in pharmacies [5]. Pharmacists dispense most tablet or syrup prescriptions with a simple tray, spatula, syringe or beaker, which is time-consuming.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pharmacists dispense most tablet or syrup prescriptions with a simple tray, spatula, syringe or beaker, which is time-consuming. Hence, automation is a good solution to speed up the process [5]. Enabled by innovations in technology, the complexity of medical devices is rapidly increasing [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

Improvement of Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Process Through Development and Implementation of Methadone Dispenser

Amran

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Karim

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Rashid

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et al. 2019

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

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Methadone is a controlled drug and can be prescribed by an authorized person in charge under the direction of medical practitioners for particular patients to cure their addiction towards opioid substances. The development and evaluation of methadone dispenser present a prototype solution for solving current manually methadone dispensing problems which are prone to human error through implementation in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program at the same time to increase public awareness about this program. In the current study, the performance of a methadone dispenser is evaluated by investigating the simulation analysis, feasibility and efficiency of the device as compared to manual technique. For testing purposes, methadone syrup was replicated with sugar solution of 66.6g/50ml at 25 o C with a dynamic viscosity of 36.680 mPa.s. Thus, it was quantified that time taken to dispense the sugar solution by using methadone dispenser has shown a significant improvement of 81.40 %-time reductions as compared to manual technique. The low repeatability percentage of methadone dispenser by 1.64 % contribute to a high precision device that is reliable to be implemented in MMT program with dispensing accuracy increment of 3.87 % as compared to manual technique. The findings suggest that the methadone

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Low Cost Robotic Medicine Dispenser

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Long-term Condition Management for Prisoners: improving the processes between community and prison

Long-term Condition Management for Prisoners: improving the processes between community and prison

Long-term Condition Management for Prisoners: Improving the Interface Between Community and Prison

Improvement of Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Process Through Development and Implementation of Methadone Dispenser

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