Research Article
An Inhaler Dose Recording Service Designed for Patients Who Need Chronic Respiratory Disease Control
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-47063-4_58, author={Shu-Hui Hung and Hsin-Hung Lin and Chin-Shian Wong and Ian Kuo and James Pang}, title={An Inhaler Dose Recording Service Designed for Patients Who Need Chronic Respiratory Disease Control}, proceedings={Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures. Second International Summit, IoT 360° 2015, Rome, Italy, October 27-29, 2015. Revised Selected Papers, Part I}, proceedings_a={IOT360}, year={2017}, month={1}, keywords={}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-47063-4_58} }- Shu-Hui Hung
Hsin-Hung Lin
Chin-Shian Wong
Ian Kuo
James Pang
Year: 2017
An Inhaler Dose Recording Service Designed for Patients Who Need Chronic Respiratory Disease Control
IOT360
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47063-4_58
Abstract
The paper introduces a completely integrated and developed care cycle for patients with chronic respiratory disease who need to take inhaler drugs twice a day. Because patients may simply forget to take an inhaler dose or take the wrong inhaler medication. Inconsistent and mistaken inhaler medications may cause problems for diseases control. The system contains a main website for medical experts and caregivers to manage patients’ health information from clinics. It also provides an off-site APP that allows patients to download the program to their mobile phones to monitor the inhaler dose they should be using. The APP connects to a smart inhaler device that has been patented in Taiwan. In this study, we implemented it as a cap for the metered dose in the medicine cylinder for the first experimental stage. We randomly selected 16 patients with asthma for the prototype face-to-face usage interview. Feedback from users was significantly positive.
