DocumentCode
2447667
Title
A Medication Calendar to Assist Old People with Drug Dose
Author
Palomino, Joel ; Nakashima, Haruo ; Moromugi, Shunji ; Ishimatsu, Takakazu ; Tanaka, Motohiro ; Honda, Masayuki
Author_Institution
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Nagasaki Univ., Nagasaki, Japan
fYear
2012
fDate
1-3 Nov. 2012
Firstpage
290
Lastpage
293
Abstract
For elderly patients, dosing is crucial for their healthy life. Many of theme are requested to take medicine regularly without any mistake. To assist their daily drug dosing, a medication calendar to guide them is proposed. The calendar has 28 pockets, with reed switches attached on the back. With the use of a microprocesor the reed switch signal is read and used to guide the users with their drug dose with a voice command.
Keywords
assisted living; drugs; medicine; microcomputers; patient care; reed relays; speech-based user interfaces; drug dose; elderly patients; healthy life; medication calendar; medicine; microprocesor; old people assistance; reed switch signal; voice command; Biomedical imaging; Calendars; Cities and towns; Control systems; Drugs; Educational institutions; Senior citizens; Automaitc Drug Dispenser; Medical Calendar; Medical Prevention; Telecare;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Networks and Intelligent Systems (ICINIS), 2012 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Tianjin
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-3083-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICINIS.2012.95
Filename
6376545
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