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MICROCONTROLLER BASED PATIENT MEDICINE
REMINDER SYSTEM
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ABSTRACT
In general, most of the patients forget to take the appropriate prescribed medication at the
required time. There are occasions when patients remember to take medicines at the stipulated time
but forget which pill has to be taken at that particular time. This poses a big problem as it affects the
dosage quantum required for the patient that results in not yielding the right recovery result. It is
difficult for doctors/paramedics/attenders to monitor patients round the clock. In order to avoid these
problems, we have implemented this patient medicine reminder system.
The system allows the user to enter the prescribed timings, at which the patient has to take
the medication.This is done using a few switches and the list of medicines to be administered is
entered through the PC. This data will be stored in the EEPROM by the microcontroller. The
microcontroller continuously reads the time from the RTC .When the timings read from the RTC
equals the timings stored in the EEPROM, the system alerts the buzzer and displays the list of
medicines to be taken at that particular prescribed time on the LCD. Thus, the patient can listen to
the audio indication and see the name of the medicines on the LCD and take them on time.
INTRODUCTION
Patient monitoring and management in critical care environments such as the ICU’s , SICU’s
and ANCU’s involve estimating the status of the patient and reacting to events that may be life
threatening. It is impossible to keep a tab on every patient throughout the day. New solutions are
needed in this field to help the doctors and the nursing staff to monitor the patients.
A critical element of this is the medicine administration and monitoring. This has been
achieved by the patient medicine reminder system. This system consists of an 8-bit microcontroller
with an in-built EEPROM and a real time circuit. This system is driven by an embedded program
that inputs predefined parameters which is processed based on the input variables entered via a user
interface device such as the PC. All the entries made by on the PC is concurrently and
simultaneously displayed on the LCD panel of the device. The logic for the processing is built into
the embedded program to initiate the alert through an audio alarm. Not only does it have an alarm
system, but also an LCD display which displays which medicine is to be taken at the reminder time
APPLICATIONS
Health maintenance organizations, medical researchers and health practitioners realize that in
an environment that rewards short-term cost savings and emphasizes management of current diseases, increased use of patient reminders can significantly improve delivery of preventive care
services and treatment for chronic illnesses and can lead to long-term beneficial outcomes as well
The applications of patient medince reminder system is been initiated in a wide range in the
modern health care field. Its been implanted in most of the hospitals to ease the effort of the patient
entourage. It is as well a second-hand for the aged and memory loss group.
It is well known that patients who are prescribed medications, or who take over the counter
(OTC) medications, should take such medications at pre-determined dosage time intervals as
prescribed by the doctor or as indicated on the OTC medication package. Many drugs and
medications currently prescribed by physicians must be taken at prescribed time intervals. If the
patient ignores such instructions, for example, by taking the prescribed medication too often or too
seldom, this may result in serious adverse effects such as overdose risks or reduction in the
concentration of medication in the body. Many patients miss dosages because they are distracted or
forget about their medications at the correct dosage time. This is particularly true of elderly patients
who may be taking more than one medication at different time intervals. Although patients may set
an alarm clock or the like at a prescribed medication time interval, they may set the incorrect time
interval or may forget to re-set the alarm after taking a medication dose, and may also be away from
the alarm and not hear it when it goes off.
CONCLUSION
The report contains a very different mix of studies varying from software to hardware. Vast
research is being done in the field of healthcare and patient medicine monitoring. This project has given a basic insight into the bridging of technology and medicine. Patient medicine reminder
system is a “Cueing Support System for Evidence-Based Medicine practice.”
REMINDER SYSTEM
[attachment=66629]
ABSTRACT
In general, most of the patients forget to take the appropriate prescribed medication at the
required time. There are occasions when patients remember to take medicines at the stipulated time
but forget which pill has to be taken at that particular time. This poses a big problem as it affects the
dosage quantum required for the patient that results in not yielding the right recovery result. It is
difficult for doctors/paramedics/attenders to monitor patients round the clock. In order to avoid these
problems, we have implemented this patient medicine reminder system.
The system allows the user to enter the prescribed timings, at which the patient has to take
the medication.This is done using a few switches and the list of medicines to be administered is
entered through the PC. This data will be stored in the EEPROM by the microcontroller. The
microcontroller continuously reads the time from the RTC .When the timings read from the RTC
equals the timings stored in the EEPROM, the system alerts the buzzer and displays the list of
medicines to be taken at that particular prescribed time on the LCD. Thus, the patient can listen to
the audio indication and see the name of the medicines on the LCD and take them on time.
INTRODUCTION
Patient monitoring and management in critical care environments such as the ICU’s , SICU’s
and ANCU’s involve estimating the status of the patient and reacting to events that may be life
threatening. It is impossible to keep a tab on every patient throughout the day. New solutions are
needed in this field to help the doctors and the nursing staff to monitor the patients.
A critical element of this is the medicine administration and monitoring. This has been
achieved by the patient medicine reminder system. This system consists of an 8-bit microcontroller
with an in-built EEPROM and a real time circuit. This system is driven by an embedded program
that inputs predefined parameters which is processed based on the input variables entered via a user
interface device such as the PC. All the entries made by on the PC is concurrently and
simultaneously displayed on the LCD panel of the device. The logic for the processing is built into
the embedded program to initiate the alert through an audio alarm. Not only does it have an alarm
system, but also an LCD display which displays which medicine is to be taken at the reminder time
APPLICATIONS
Health maintenance organizations, medical researchers and health practitioners realize that in
an environment that rewards short-term cost savings and emphasizes management of current diseases, increased use of patient reminders can significantly improve delivery of preventive care
services and treatment for chronic illnesses and can lead to long-term beneficial outcomes as well
The applications of patient medince reminder system is been initiated in a wide range in the
modern health care field. Its been implanted in most of the hospitals to ease the effort of the patient
entourage. It is as well a second-hand for the aged and memory loss group.
It is well known that patients who are prescribed medications, or who take over the counter
(OTC) medications, should take such medications at pre-determined dosage time intervals as
prescribed by the doctor or as indicated on the OTC medication package. Many drugs and
medications currently prescribed by physicians must be taken at prescribed time intervals. If the
patient ignores such instructions, for example, by taking the prescribed medication too often or too
seldom, this may result in serious adverse effects such as overdose risks or reduction in the
concentration of medication in the body. Many patients miss dosages because they are distracted or
forget about their medications at the correct dosage time. This is particularly true of elderly patients
who may be taking more than one medication at different time intervals. Although patients may set
an alarm clock or the like at a prescribed medication time interval, they may set the incorrect time
interval or may forget to re-set the alarm after taking a medication dose, and may also be away from
the alarm and not hear it when it goes off.
CONCLUSION
The report contains a very different mix of studies varying from software to hardware. Vast
research is being done in the field of healthcare and patient medicine monitoring. This project has given a basic insight into the bridging of technology and medicine. Patient medicine reminder
system is a “Cueing Support System for Evidence-Based Medicine practice.”