Monitoring Medicine Intake in the Networked Home: The iCabiNET Solution

Martín López-Nores; José J. Pazos-Arias; Jorge García-Duque; Yolanda Blanco-Fernández

2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

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Monitoring Medicine Intake in the Networked Home: The iCabiNET Solution

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    author={Mart\^{\i}n L\^{o}pez-Nores and Jos\^{e} J. Pazos-Arias and Jorge Garc\^{\i}a-Duque and Yolanda Blanco-Fern\^{a}ndez},
    title={Monitoring Medicine Intake in the Networked Home: The iCabiNET Solution},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2008},
    month={7},
    keywords={Drugs Intelligent sensors Medical services Monitoring Packaging  Pharmaceuticals Prototypes Radiofrequency identification TV Telematics},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2495}
}

Martín López-Nores
José J. Pazos-Arias
Jorge García-Duque
Yolanda Blanco-Fernández
Year: 2008
Monitoring Medicine Intake in the Networked Home: The iCabiNET Solution
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2495

Martín López-Nores¹^,*, José J. Pazos-Arias¹^,*, Jorge García-Duque¹^,*, Yolanda Blanco-Fernández¹^,*

1: Department of Telematics Engineering, University of Vigo (Spain)

*Contact email: mlnores@det.uvigo.es, jose@det.uvigo.es, jgd@det.uvigo.es, yolanda@det.uvigo.es

Abstract

We introduce an intelligent medicine cabinet as a new element of a residential network, acting as a secure place to store sensitive health information, and therefrom access a range of interactive health care applications. This paper describes the functionalities related to monitoring the intake of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, harnessing recent advances in smart medicine packaging and home networking. Compared to previous systems, ours helps reducing the risk of medicine misuse, featuring higher precision and enhanced interactive facilities that reach in and out of home. This contributes to solving a problem that impinges heavily on the well-being of people and the economics of public health systems.

Keywords: Drugs Intelligent sensors Medical services Monitoring Packaging Pharmaceuticals Prototypes Radiofrequency identification TV Telematics

Published: 2008-07-22
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2495