Abstract:
Approximately each year 1.3 million people in the United States are affected due to "medication errors". In a study by the FDA that collected and evaluated the reports of medication errors found that the basic error regarding medications was related to administration of an improper dose of medicine, accounting for 41% of fatal medication errors. Giving the wrong drug and using the wrong channel of administration each accounted for 16% of the errors. Almost half of the fatal medication errors occurred in people over the age of 60. Older people may be at greatest risk for medication errors because they often take multiple prescription medications. To address this issue we are proposing an electronic medicine box each equipped with an intelligent base and round the clock cloud connectivity. The dosage details about medication is taken care by the cloud, which can be accessed, configured and maintained by the patient or by an authorized user. This project is an Embedded Web Application inspired by the emerging concept of Internet Of Things (IOT). Along with an OLED display, a built-alarm installed in e-medicine box is used to indicate the time for medication. Dosage times are pre-recorded in the cloud by the user through the web portal. Whenever there is any abnormality observed in these recordings automated alerts (SMS or email) are sent to a family member or doctor via the mail and SMS servers in the cloud. Additionally, in this design we are proposing an in-built GPS module to track the location of patients in case of emergencies.
