Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patients

In this paper, we describe a new mobile application for assisting to elderly patients and their caregivers (familiars, physicians, pharmacist) in the medication management at their homes. This mobile application will help patients to maintain medication adherence in a reliable and correctly intake o...

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Autores: Botella, Federico, Borrás, Fernando, Mira, José Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Medication errors
Patient Care
Safety Treatments
Mobile Apps
mHealth
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spelling Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patientsBotella, FedericoBorrás, FernandoMira, José JoaquínMedication errorsPatient CareSafety TreatmentsMobile AppsmHealthCDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::51 - MatemáticasIn this paper, we describe a new mobile application for assisting to elderly patients and their caregivers (familiars, physicians, pharmacist) in the medication management at their homes. This mobile application will help patients to maintain medication adherence in a reliable and correctly intake of their drugs. The main target users of this application are polymedicated, polypathology and over 65 years old patients. The application was designed using User Centered Design (UCD) methods, taking always into account the characteristics of these target users, so usability and accessibility principles were applied in the design of interfaces. The design has been tested with a pre-test group of selected patients and we have confirmed that patients using this mobile application have increased their medication adherence and have reduced the frequency of adverse drug events.Advanced Composite Materials (ACM)Departamentos de la UMH::Estadística, Matemáticas e Informática202420242013info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf6application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11000/33642reponame:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMHinstname:Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1145/2491148.2491155info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/336422026-05-27T13:36:21Z
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title Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patients
spellingShingle Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patients
Botella, Federico
Medication errors
Patient Care
Safety Treatments
Mobile Apps
mHealth
CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::51 - Matemáticas
title_short Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patients
title_full Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patients
title_fullStr Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patients
title_full_unstemmed Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patients
title_sort Safer virtual pillbox: assuring medication adherence to elderly patients
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Botella, Federico
Borrás, Fernando
Mira, José Joaquín
author Botella, Federico
author_facet Botella, Federico
Borrás, Fernando
Mira, José Joaquín
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Mira, José Joaquín
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamentos de la UMH::Estadística, Matemáticas e Informática
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Medication errors
Patient Care
Safety Treatments
Mobile Apps
mHealth
CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::51 - Matemáticas
topic Medication errors
Patient Care
Safety Treatments
Mobile Apps
mHealth
CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::51 - Matemáticas
description In this paper, we describe a new mobile application for assisting to elderly patients and their caregivers (familiars, physicians, pharmacist) in the medication management at their homes. This mobile application will help patients to maintain medication adherence in a reliable and correctly intake of their drugs. The main target users of this application are polymedicated, polypathology and over 65 years old patients. The application was designed using User Centered Design (UCD) methods, taking always into account the characteristics of these target users, so usability and accessibility principles were applied in the design of interfaces. The design has been tested with a pre-test group of selected patients and we have confirmed that patients using this mobile application have increased their medication adherence and have reduced the frequency of adverse drug events.
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