Web System for Management and Tracking of the Use of Medication in Ambient Assisted Living
Milene Santos Teixeira, Leandro O. Freitas, Juçara Salete Gubiani, Un Hee Schiefelbein · IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science · 2016
The percentage of elderly population in society has grown on a large scale in the last years, and it is estimated that this grown will continue to occur. In face of this, rises up the demand for new products and services that come up with solutions for the necessities of this age group. In order to supply this demand, comes up Ambient Assisted Living, a field of Ambient Intelligence that uses ubiquitous or pervasive computing and aims to provide a safer and more comfortable home life to elderly or to people that need some assistance in daily activities. The goal of this study is to provide a web system for managing and accurate monitoring of the medication use for patients in Ambient Assisted Living environments. The system purpose is to alert the patient to use their medication at the right time preventing them from using the wrong medication, and, also, notify a responsible in case of errors and keep track of the treatment. Validation is done through a simulation with fictitious data performed on a simulator. The intention of this work is to provide this service to real users in order to assist them in their medical treatment.