Patients-pharmacists interactive communication system for remote medication support

Author

Tsuruoka, K. ; Toda, Takechi ; Ozaki, S. ; Ideguchi, N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nihon Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Telecommunication systems for the pharmacists to support the outpatient medical treatment have been gaining attention. However in the conventional systems, low usability and interactivity of the system became key problems to support medication. In this research, we developed a patients-pharmacists interactive communication system and investigated it´s benefit through a 2-month field trial. We carried out the trial for thirty-five outpatients plus their family, and four pharmacists in a dispensing pharmacy in Yokohama. The result showed high effectiveness of the proposed user-interface to the medication compliance and adherence.

Keywords

smart phones; telemedicine; user interfaces; medication adherence; medication compliance; outpatient medical treatment; patients-pharmacists interactive communication system; remote medication support; smart phone; telecommunication systems; time 2 month; user interface; Communication systems; Drugs; Electronic mail; Monitoring; Pediatrics; User interfaces; dispensing pharmacy; interactive communication; medication support; smartphone; user interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON), 2013 6th

Conference_Location

Amphur Muang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1466-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEiCon.2013.6687675

Filename

6687675