Dynamically programmable electronic pill dispenser system

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-366

  Boquete, Luciano ^a   Rodriguez Ascariz, Jose Manuel ^a   Artacho, Irene ^a   Cantos Frontela, Joaquin ^a   Peixoto, Nathalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; Hardware; Medical adherence; Mobile telephony; Pill dispenser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DYNAMICALLY PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC PILL DISPENSING SYSTEM; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRONICS; MECHANICS; MOBILE PHONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TELEMETRY;

CELLULAR PHONE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 77954050823     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-008-9248-3     Document Type: Article

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