"Not taking medication as prescribed- taking either too little, or too much, for too short, or too long a period, at the wrong time or in an ineffective way- can have negative consequences for patients, healthcare, and the economy." - National Health Care (NHS). Non-adherence to medical treatment has been dramatically widespread and globally well recognized as a major obstacle for modern healthcare delivery.
PMA (Personal Medication Assistant) is an automated dispensing system helps to improve medication compliance among chronic diseases. It simplifies pill taking regimen to minimize everyday life impact for patients, especially older adults who are under long term medication who continuously required taking multiple pill form medications.
PMA involves a collection of products including an automated loading dispenser, series of spring loaded pill bottles and pill containers, which work efficiently together in a family or individually while being separated. This automated dispensing system helps to coordinate and reload pills based on customized regimen schedule from provided prescriptions. Sound and visual reminders are introduced to provide maximum feedback in alerting patient the right time for medication consumption.Safety lock and pill counters are introduced as an adequate constraint to prevent unintended usage of the product.
PMA aim to achieve different medication needs in order to make sure that the patient can get through the day and maintain as much of an active and normal lifestyle as possible. It could structure from relatively simple weekly to monthly medication schedule.
