A User-friendly Mobile Application to Promote Medication Adherence
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چکیده
─ In this paper, we present a user-friendly mobile application that automatically generates alarm signals to remind a user to take medication. This application is able to automatically process a prescription of multiple medications and provide a visual reminder, as well as an audio reminder in the user’s chosen language/dialect. This application can help to promote medication adherence among elderly patients. Index Terms − medication adherence, mobile healthcare.
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