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A Proactive Knowledge-Based System of Medication Assistance for Aged Persons  

Choi, Jae-Hun (ETRI 라이프인포매틱스연구팀)
Lim, Myung-Eun (ETRI 라이프인포매틱스연구팀)
Kim, Dae-Hee (ETRI 라이프인포매틱스연구팀)
Park, Soo-Jun (ETRI 라이프인포매틱스연구팀)
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Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications / v.36, no.11, 2009 , pp. 920-927 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we developed a system that could assist appropriate activities for medication compliancy of the elderly. It employs a proactive knowledge which is represented as XML templates predefined for their medication activities. The knowledge-based assistance depends on the contexts considerably, which the system can recognize by continuously monitoring the current position and the time-schedule for their medications. The monitoring can be performed with ultrasonic sensors and infrared sensors mounted in a display and a pillbox respectively. According to the recognized contexts, the medication activities required by the elderly can be serviced through user-friendly multimedia display. In special, our experiment evaluates that the developed system is able to enhance the medication compliancy of chronic disease patients.
Keywords
u-Health; Medication; Pillbox; Proactive Knowledge; Context Awareness;
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