Paper Info
Title
Medication Adherence and Liquid Level Tracking System for Healthcare Provider Feedback.
Abstract
A common problem for healthcare providers is accurately tracking patients' adherence to medication and providing real-time feedback on the management of their medication regimen. This is a particular problem for eye drop medications, as the current commercially available monitors focus on measuring adherence to pills, and not to eye drops. This work presents an intelligent bottle sleeve that slides onto a prescription eye drop medication bottle. The intelligent sleeve is capable of detecting eye drop use, measuring fluid level, and sending use information to a healthcare team to facilitate intervention. The electronics embedded into the sleeve measure fluid level, dropper orientation, the state of the dropper top (on/off), and rates of angular motion during an application. The sleeve was tested with ten patients (age >= 65) and successfully identified and timestamped 94% of use events. On-board processing enabled event detection and the measurement of fluid levels at a 0.4 mL resolution. These data were communicated to the healthcare team using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in real-time, enabling rapid feedback to the subject. The healthcare team can therefore monitor a log of medication use behavior to make informed decisions on treatment or support for the patient.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.3390/s20082435
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
adherence,glaucoma,embedded sensing,eye drop medication,internet of things,fluid level sensing
Journal
20
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
8
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nolan Payne100.34
Rahul Gangwani200.34
Kira Barton35718.97
Alanson P Sample418616.26
Stephen M Cain500.68
David T Burke600.34
Paula Anne Newman-Casey700.68
K Alex Shorter810.82