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The paper introduces a completely integrated and developed care cycle for patients with chronic respiratory disease who need to take inhaler drugs twice a day. Because patients may simply forget to take an inhaler dose or take the wrong inhaler medication. Inconsistent and mistaken inhaler medications may cause problems for diseases control. The system contains a main website for medical experts and caregivers to manage patients’ health information from clinics. It also provides an off-site APP that allows patients to download the program to their mobile phones to monitor the inhaler dose they should be using. The APP connects to a smart inhaler device that has been patented in Taiwan. In this study, we implemented it as a cap for the metered dose in the medicine cylinder for the first experimental stage. We randomly selected 16 patients with asthma for the prototype face-to-face usage interview. Feedback from users was significantly positive.
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We thank Professor Han-Pin Kuo, MD, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, and his medical team members from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, for graciously supporting this experiment.
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Hung, SH., Lin, HH., Wong, CS., Kuo, I., Pang, J. (2016). An Inhaler Dose Recording Service Designed for Patients Who Need Chronic Respiratory Disease Control. In: Mandler, B., et al. Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures. IoT360 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 169. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47063-4_58
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