Abstract Title:

RMAIS: RFID-based medication Adherence Intelligence System.

Abstract Source:

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010;1:3768-71. PMID: 21096873

Abstract Author(s):

Corey McCall, Branden Maynes, Cliff C Zou, Ning J Zhang

Article Affiliation:

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, 32816 USA.

Abstract:

There has been compelling evidence that outpatients, especially those who are elderly or taking multiple complexly scheduled drugs, are not taking their medicines as directed, leading to unnecessary disease progression, complications, functional disabilities, lower quality of life, and even mortality. Existing technologies for monitoring and improving drug adherence are either costly or too complicated for general patients to use. In this paper, we introduce the detailed design and the complete prototype of a marketable Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-based Medication Adherence Intelligence System (RMAIS) that can be conveniently used at a residential home by ordinary patients. RMAIS is designed to maintain patients' independence and enable them to take multiple daily medicine dosages of the right amount at the right time. The system is patient-centered and user-friendly by reminding a patient of the prescribed time for medication and dispensing it in a fully automatic and fool-proof way. This is achieved mainly due to its novel design of a motorized rotation platform and the smooth integration of a scale, an RFID reader, and the rotation platform. In addition, this system has an Internet-based notification function that is used to alert the patient when it is time to take medicine as well as report deviations from the prescribed schedule to the primary care physicians or pharmacists.

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