IoT based Smart Medicine Assistive System for Memory Impairment Patient
P.A. Harsha Vardhini, M.Shiva Harsha, P.Naga Sai, P. Srikanth
Abstract
Medicine consumption has increased by a drastic rate and has become a common practice by every person. With the tremendous growth in the medical field technology, many dreadful diseases are being cured. Evolution of IoT provides various solutions for the major challenges faced by health systems. Development of smart homes and smart cities with e-medicine health services strengthened the concept of patient centric IoT based health eco system. Reminding self for timely consumption of medicine is necessary. Memory Impairment known as amnesia in medical terms is the memory loss or unusual forgetfulness. For elderly patients, having a problem of remembering the schedules for their medicine intake, proposed medicine assistive system keeps in track of the medication schedule reminds the intake at the specified time. Cost effective smart medicine box is designed and implemented that even illiterates, elderly and poor people can also afford and easily make use of it.