Title :
Medication adherence system using SMS technology
Author :
Sachpazidis, Ilias ; Fragou, Sofia ; Sakas, Georgios
Author_Institution :
Cognitive computing & medical imaging, Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
Adherence is the degree to which patients conform to a given treatment plan. Despite the potential for serious psychiatric or medical consequences, patients do not always adhere to their prescribed medication regimen. We introduce a GSM based system improving the medication adherence of patients.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; cellular radio; electronic messaging; medical computing; patient care; patient monitoring; GSM; SMS technology; adherence server; medication adherence system; prescribed medication regimen; Application software; Biomedical imaging; Cellular phones; Databases; GSM; Graphical user interfaces; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Proposals; Psychiatry;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8894-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISSNIP.2004.1417524
