Smart Medical Wallet

Abstract

There are some patients who suffer from health problems that force them to take a certain medicine to help them recover. The patients may be exposed to health problems because of not taking the required medicine at the right time or taking another medicine by mistake. This project aims to help patients take their medicines more smoothly and safely by keeping the medicines inside the medicine wallet to prevent the mixing of more than one type of medicine or mistakenly taking the wrong medicine at the wrong time. The patient is allowed to take the right medicine at the right time. The system alerts the patient with visual and audible means that help different groups of patients such as the deaf, the dumb, the blind, and the elderly to take the necessary medicine when it is due. This decreases the need for an escort who takes care of the patient. A mobile-built application is used to set up first sittings for the drawers which are also used to alert the patient or his escort if the patient doesn't take medicine on time. The system enables the user to configure the system and update settings according to the patient's case using a mobile application. There is a possibility of having one user or escort to configure the system. After testing the built prototype, the system is proven to achieve all its objectives.