Research Article
Mobile Reminder System for Furthering Patient Adherence Utilizing Commodity Smartwatch and Android devices
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.mobihealth.2014.257301, author={Ilias Maglogiannis and Christos Panagopoulos and George Spyroglou and Panayiotis Tsanakas and Maria Mazonaki}, title={Mobile Reminder System for Furthering Patient Adherence Utilizing Commodity Smartwatch and Android devices}, proceedings={4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies"}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH}, year={2014}, month={12}, keywords={electronic reminders; smartwatch; medication adherence; patient compliance; multimodal reminder system; assisted living; home care}, doi={10.4108/icst.mobihealth.2014.257301} }- Ilias Maglogiannis
Christos Panagopoulos
George Spyroglou
Panayiotis Tsanakas
Maria Mazonaki
Year: 2014
Mobile Reminder System for Furthering Patient Adherence Utilizing Commodity Smartwatch and Android devices
MOBIHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/icst.mobihealth.2014.257301
Abstract
Patients’ non-adherence is a common problem that significantly reduces the effectiveness of treatments and increases mortality and healthcare costs. Forgetfulness is reported as a usual barrier to adherence. Electronic reminder systems consist an increasingly used type of intervention, which assists patients that are facing this problem. Important requirements regarding the design of such systems are multimodality, personalization and easy integration into the patient’s daily life. The goal of this work is to present a multimodal electronic reminder system that supports the use of smart devices and utilizes the recently introduced Pebble smartwatch. The system employs cloud technology and also allows for other types of users with a supportive role in the patient’s health care, such as the patient’s doctor and pharmacist. Patient compliance is measured automatically with the method of self-reporting. The paper includes a brief evaluation of the user interface and some future research directions.
