Smart medicine transportation and medication monitoring system in EPharmacyNet
Thierry Oscar Edoh · 2017
EpharmacyNet is a Mail order pharmacy designed and implemented for developing countries. Most of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) healthcare systems are facing severe medicine supply issues, People living in rural regions or small cities have limited access to the pharmaceutical care. Medicines are scarce, people are living more than 30 km far from a pharmacy. Medicines are regularly out of stock. EpharmacyNet was implemented to improve access to pharmaceutical care in these countries. In-site test results had shown the potential of EpharmacyNet to fixe above-described issues. In this paper, the author presents an IoT-based smart medicine transportation and medication monitoring system as an extension of EpharmacyNet. The IoT (M2M) technology-based system is designed for secure transportation and quick delivery of medicines as well as medication monitoring to increase treatment adherence in case of chronic health condition.