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This project seeks to contribute to the health and well being of adults, through a comprehensive system that helps them have better control over the consumption of their medications. To achieve this, a multifunctional product is proposed; that stores, orders and doses the drugs; and that alerts users at the time they should be taken, while helping to keep track of their consumption. This in order to reduce the probability that users have failures in the consumption of their medications and that they suffer from side effects that come with this, and achieve better control over their treatment.
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Herrera-Hidalgo, D., Gonzalez-Moreno, A. (2019). Prevention of Drug Intake Mistakes Through a Medication Control System for Elders. In: Brankaert, R., IJsselsteijn, W. (eds) Dementia Lab 2019. Making Design Work: Engaging with Dementia in Context. D-Lab 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1117. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33540-3_16
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