2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

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Observations From a Case Study on User Adaptive Reminders for Medication Adherence

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2545,
    author={Pallavi Kaushik and Stephen S. Intille and Kent Larson},
    title={Observations From a Case Study on User Adaptive Reminders for Medication Adherence},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2008},
    month={7},
    keywords={medication adherence; pervasive computing},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2545}
}
  • Pallavi Kaushik
    Stephen S. Intille
    Kent Larson
    Year: 2008
    Observations From a Case Study on User Adaptive Reminders for Medication Adherence
    PERVASIVEHEALTH
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2545
Pallavi Kaushik1,*, Stephen S. Intille2,*, Kent Larson2,*
  • 1: Motorola Pervasive Platforms Lab, Schaumburg, IL, USA.
  • 2: MIT House_n, Cambridge, MA, USA.
*Contact email: pkaushik@motorola.com, intille@mit.edu, kll@mit.edu

Abstract

We present the design and exploratory evaluation of a sensor-driven adaptive reminder system for home medical tasks. Our prototype implementation consists of a mobile reminder delivery device and ambient sensors for determining opportune moments for reminder delivery. A volunteer used the prototype in a residential research facility while adhering to a regimen of simulated medical tasks for ten days. Based on this case study, including direct observation of individual alert-action sequences, we make four recommendations for designers of context-sensitive adaptive reminder systems.

Keywords
medication adherence; pervasive computing
Published
2008-07-22
Publisher
IEEE
Modified
2010-05-16
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2545
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