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The demographic change facing Germany and Europe leads to a growing importance of user-centered products for the elderly. Especially the increase of patient multimorbidity leads to a growing necessity of future healthcare solutions. In terms of medication management, a lack of reliable pill intake support for the elderly can be observed. This research project develops an approach for a fully automated pill management system. Special focus in this contribution lies on the user-centered design process for the elderly.
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The presented research is funded by Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM). The goal of the 2 years research project is to develop an age-appropriate pill management system by combining hardware and software system components, which make it possible to considerably improve the medication management of multimorbid people.
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Reichelt, F. et al. (2020). User Centered Design of a Pill Dispenser for the Elderly. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Pickl, S., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design II. IHSED 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1026. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27928-8_106
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