SMART PHARMACY MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM
HANAN RAIS BIN ABDUL MALIK
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING &
TECHNOLOGY
(DIPLOMA IN MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING) UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS
2022
APPROVAL AND DECLARATION SHEET
This project report entitled SMART PHARMACY MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM was prepared and submitted
By
HANAN RAIS BIN ABDUL MALIK 192060800
has been found satisfactory in terms of scope, quality and presentation as partial fulfilment of the requirement for the
Diploma Engineering (Mechatronic Engineering) in Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP).
Checked and Approved by
--- Project Supervisor ( )
Faculty of Mechatronic Engineering Technology Universiti Malaysia Perlis
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility to complete this report. A special gratitude I give to our final year project supervisor, Dr. Allan Melvin A/L Andrew, whose contribute in stimulating suggestions and encouragement, helped me to coordinate my project especially in writing this report.
Furthermore, I would also like to express my gratitude towards my parents for their kind co- operation and encouragement which helped me in completing my project. Their ideas and suggestions are very helpful to me.
My thanks and appreciations also go to my friends who helped me to search for references and sample coding for my project. Last but not least, many thanks go to panels especially in my
project presentation that has improved my presentation skills thanks to their comment and advices.
SISTEM PENGEDIHAN UBAT FARMASI BESTARI ABSTRAK
Sistem Pemberian Ubat Farmasi Pintar adalah sistem yang boleh digunakan oleh pesakit yang perlu mendapatkan ubat mereka tanpa perlu dibawa ke Farmasi atau Hospital. Sistem ini dibuat dalam laman web kerana ia lebih mesra pengguna dan lebih mudah diselenggara.
Sistem ini terdiri daripada data pesakit dan diagnosis yang disimpan dalam sistem pangkalan data. Data dan diagnosis ini kemudiannya boleh diakses oleh doktor untuk mengemas kini, menukar atau menambah sebarang diagnosis. Dan juga, Ahli Farmasi akan mempunyai akses membaca kepada butiran ini untuk menyediakan pesakit dengan ubat yang diperlukan. Ini dimungkinkan dengan mencipta tapak web menggunakan PHP sebagai bahasa utama, CSS sebagai reka bentuk hadapan, JScript sebagai pengawal belakang, SQL dan python sebagai pangkalan data memuji dan akhir sekali Apache untuk pelayan di rumah yang menguasai keseluruhan tapak web. Tambahan pula, laman web ini boleh diakses dari mana-mana peranti asalkan ada sambungan internet yang baik untuk membuat sambungan dengan internet. Pesakit boleh memesan ubat, ahli farmasi mana yang akan membungkus ubat dan bersedia untuk penghantaran atau penghantaran kepada pesakit. Status penghantarannya boleh disemak di Laman Web.
SMART PHARMACY MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM ABSTRACT
Smart Pharmacy Medicine Dispensing System is system that can be used by patient who need to get their medication without have to be attended in to the Pharmacy or the Hospital.
This system is made in the website as it is more user friendly and easier to maintain. This system consists on patient data and diagnosis which is stored in the database system. This data and diagnosis are later can be accessed by the doctor to update, change or add any diagnosis.
And also, the Pharmacist will have a read access to these details to provide the patient with the medication needed. This is made possible by creating a website using PHP as primary language, CSS as design frontend, JScript as backend controller, SQL and python as database commend and lastly Apache for a in home server that power the entire website. Furthermore, this website can be accessed from any device as long as there is a good internet connection to make a connection with internet. Patients can order medicine, which pharmacist will pack up the medicines and ready for the shipment or delivery to the patient. Its delivery status can be checked in the Website.
Table of Contents
APPROVAL AND DECLARATION SHEET ... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... iii
ABSTRAK ... iv
ABSTRACT ... v
Table of Contents ... vi
LIST OF FIGURES ... viii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background study ... 1
1.2 Problem statement ... 1
1.3 Project objective ... 2
1.4 Scope of project ... 2
1.5 Summary of the Chapter ... 2
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW ... 3
2.1 Introduction ... 3
2.2 Project Review ... 3
2.3 Project Comparison ... 6
2.4 Summary of the Chapter ... 6
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY ... 7
2 ... 7
3.1 Introduction ... 7
3.2 Project Methodology ... 7
3.3 Software Development ... 8
3.3.1 Coding development ... 9
3.4 Summary of the Chapter ... 10
CHAPTER 4 RESULT AND DISCUSSION ... 11
CHAPTER 4 ... 11
4.1 Introduction ... 11
4.2 Result ... 11
4.3 Summary of the Chapter ... 12
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK ... 13
CHAPTER 5 ... 13
5.1 Conclusion of the project ... 13
5.2 Future Work ... 14
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1 Project Comparison...6 Table 4.1 Result Diagrams………12
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 3.1...8
Figure 3.2...9
Figure 3.3...9
Figure 3.4...9
Figure 3.5...9
Figure 4.1...11
Figure 4.2...11
Figure 4.3...11
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background study
Nowadays, everyone is looking for new technologies by replacing the manual operation to the automatic controlled devices or apps. Online Health Community (OHC)
platforms are one of the disruptive technologies of the future. OHCs offer a platform for patients, healthcare professionals, clinicians, caregivers, and others to express their opinions and create solutions for problems of interest. Pharmacy is a strong organization in healthcare sector that provide services begin with the prescription of medications and continue until the medication's effect is monitored. Staff at hospitals and community pharmacies promote rational prescribing and medication use. As a result, pharmacy is a complex and busy sector. There are frequently peak workload hours when patients must wait for extended periods of time to get their medicines especially those who are
wishing to get continuous supply. Therefore, this project will create a system which can smartly distribute medicine to those who are wishing for continuous supply of medicine by using website. The process of prescribing and governing a patient’s medication involves several steps including ordering, transcribing, dispensing and administration.
As the process is error-prone, it requires computerization to support OHCs as well. The digital transformation of medicine is best supported by computerized provider order entry (CPOE), a term that refers to a system in which patients directly place orders via electronic means, and the pharmacist will verify with the orders and the medicines being transferred directly to the patient or whomever the orders need to be transferred to.
1.2 Problem statement
Currently, most of the medicines are dispensed at the hospital pharmacy. Due to the pandemic, many people are having trouble getting their medications in a timely manner.
It includes people who want a constant supply of medications from hospitals or clinics.
Typically, patients need to queue to take their medicines at pharmacy and sometimes have to spend for a long time waiting there. For a working patient, this will create a problem for them because they have to rushing back to their office and cause failed to them to get medicine in a time manner. Besides, queueing for a long time at pharmacy can cause crowded situation at pharmacy especially during peak hours, whereby that time others patients also come after done appointments with doctors as well as pharmacist also take time to provide the medicines in order to avoid error especially correct dosage, time taken intake for medicine and others
1.3 Project objective
There is the main objective that can define the project outcome:
I. To design a system of smart medicine dispensing for patients.
II. To develop a user-friendly apps for patients to order their medicine via online.
III. To verify effectiveness of system based on Android apps and IoT application.
1.4 Scope of project
There is the scope of the project:
I. This project is design to help patients to get their medication without the need to physically attend the pharmacy.
II. This project is focused on a specific type of people who doesn’t have time to queue to get their medication in pharmacy.
III. This project helps to store and access patients’ data securely.
1.5 Summary of the Chapter
This project summary is divided into five chapters. This project's outline was included in Chapter 1. The second chapter is a literature review that includes a
description of the project's design and development. In Chapter 3, the methodology of this project, including the framework for building applications, is presented. The outcome and discussion, as well as the steps to configure and run the programme. In chapter 4, discussion about the result and also have a discussion session of the project.
Chapter 5 concludes the overall project & brief recommendation for future work.
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
Literature review needs to be done before starting the project. The research is started by doing revision on some projects that are similar to this project to be used as reference and learn the flow of each component that are used in this project through the development of the projects that were research in the 13 weeks that were given to us. Each of the research is done in phases to make it easier for me to see each application and how each of the other form of projects is relevant to my project. In this chapter, software used to develop their project were also discussed. The software used are Adobe Dreamweaver and MySQL Database. This part plays an important role for the development and the completion of this project.
2.2 Project Review
2.2.1 Automated Medicine Dispenser for Online Health Community (OHC) using Cloud [1]
A research paper published by G. Suganya et al. has designed an IoT based Automated Medicine Dispenser for Online Health Community (OHC) using Cloud. To support and grow the online health communities, an automated medication dispenser architecture and implementation are proposed. With the help of this solution, doctors in the option medical community can recommend medications based on the health conditions of their patients as reported by those patients online. When the doctor and patient begin communication, each user is protected by a special barcode. The medicine can then be delivered using the nearby automatic pill dispenser after the barcode has been scanned. Storage as a Service is supported by the cloud. The suggested model does away with the need for time-consuming doctor and pharmacy visits. Additionally, patients are freed from errors that could result from handwriting misunderstanding and medication substitution in manual medicine dispensing systems [1].
2.2.2 Smart Pharmacy Application Development using the API Midtrans [2]
A research paper published by I. Reynaldi et al. proposed a smart pharmacy application development using the API Midtrans for payment gateway on android smartphone. The three technologies of Google Maps and Location Based Services is used to obtain the position and store data using Android mobile devices by utilising the API technology Midtrans. After testing and distributing questionnaires, it was determined that there was a need for applications that could locate the closest pharmacy and search for
medications, thereby reducing the length of time that people had to wait in line at
pharmacies and making payment easier for users. Based on test results for the SmartApotek application for the Android platform, design and implementation were then made or the following was inferred which are the SmartApotek application already makes it easier to find medicines and the closest pharmacy. It is desired to make it simpler for customers to find pharmacies and their desired location without having to wonder if there are any medicines available, the SmartApotek app can cut down on the number of people waiting in line to buy and pay for medicines, so that clients won't have to wait in line at the pharmacy and the SmartApotek app already makes it easier to make payments, so that customers do not need to use cash to pay [2]
2.2.3 Smart Medicine Dispenser (SMD) Prototype [3]
A research paper published by W. Antoun et al. presented a smart medicine dispenser (SMD) prototype. The main goal of this system is to make it easier for patients, especially seniors, to take their medications on schedule and without having to worry about forgetting a dose. It also lowers the possibility of accidentally overdosing or underdosing. Correct medication administration can prevent serious outcomes like illness, death, and postponed recovery. Such issues could be resolved by the SMD, which would inform and remind patients to take the right dose at the right time.
Additionally, it facilitates direct communication between patients and caregivers by alerting the latter right away if a patient forgets to take a medication. SMD offers the user a touch interface that they can access via a smartphone application, enabling them to remotely manage and control their medication schedules and usage information [3].
2.2.4 Automatic Medicine Dispenser (AMD) [4]
A research paper published by J. Philip et al. has designed an automatic medicine dispenser (AMD). In order to make life easier for everyone, including kids who work abroad, the product is made to ensure that the quantity and timing of the pills to be dispensed can be controlled and monitored using an app. Additionally, it provides a direct line of communication between the user and their parents because it will alert them right away if the patient forgets to take a pill. Additionally, this system offers the customer a touchscreen that they can use remotely to monitor and control the timetables and access information through a mobile application. Typically, a loud alarm signal is used to alert the patient. The medicine dispenser will emit louder signals to get the patient's attention if they not take the medicine within a predetermined amount of time [4].
2.3 Project Comparison
Table 2.1: Project Comparison Project Name How patients get
their medicine Order Online Online Payment or Cash Automated Medicine
Dispenser for Online Health Community (OHC)
using Cloud
Physically attend to medicine dispenser to get
the medicine.
Yes Cash
Smart Pharmacy Application Development
using the API Midtrans
Attend to pharmacy or
store physically. Yes Online
Smart Medicine Dispenser (SMD) Prototype
Attend to pharmacy or
store physically. No Online
Automatic Medicine Dispenser (AMD)
Attend to pharmacy or store
physically. No Cash
2.4 Summary of the Chapter
This chapter shows the research made to study previous project studies to gain knowledge about previous project so that the mistakes that can be avoided in the current project. The advantages and ideas from previous project that could make the current project is also taken considered here. Final comparison is made to look for the best approach for either upgrading or fixing the project prototype.
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
This chapter will show and explain on the development of the Application for Smart Pharmacy Medicine Dispensing System. The application for this system is constructed in Adobe Dreamweaver using apache server and PHP language coding. The database for this system is developed using MySQL. This project does not include or involve any hardware instrument. Instead, this project runs on an Chrome Web Browser which is all is needed to run this program. All the data collection, coding, research and testing will be shown in this
chapter. The methodology chosen must be appropriate and suitable for the development of the system as it will be step by-step guide that the developer must follow in order to deliver the system successfully. In this chapter, Flowchart has been chosen to apply in the development of Smart Pharmacy Medicine Dispensing System.
3.2 Project Methodology
This Project is developed to order and deliver medicine to the patient by using a web application which can be access by patient using an ordinary web browser. This is made possible by using a laptop as test server where the server is powered by the Apache Server system using XAMPP and also SQL Database System which is MYSQL PHP. The coding language that powers this application is PHP, HTML, Jscript and also SQL. This process is shown in the flowchart from figure 3.1 below.
Figure 3.1 Flow Chart
3.3 Software Development
Software is as important as hardware as it is like the mind of the body. Software is a part where engineers use their coding to give instruction to the project to make up certain rules for the component.
3.3.1 Coding development Software used for this project are:
• XAMPP
Figure 3.2 XAMPP
• Apache HTTP Server
Figure 3.3 Apache HTTP Server
• PHPMyAdmin
Figure 3.4 PHPMyAdmin
• Adobe Dreamweaver
Figure 3.5 Adobe Dreamweaver
The research has been conducted to identify how to operate these software as it is the brain of the project. The research is first being conduct to determine which of the Apache Server. This server uses HTTP server protocol which is needed to make the website to come alive
Next, the PHPMyAdmin is used to control and make the database system possible. For this lines of SQL code is prepare and excuted to create database and tables. Then this table is accessed using PHP code that made this website.
All of the Apache and PHPMyAdmin instinces are controlled by XAMPP 3.4 Summary of the Chapter
This chapter shows the hardware and software involvements in this project which shows the overview of how the project works. It explains the use of software that controls each and every function involves in this project that makes it functionable.
CHAPTER 4 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Introduction
This chapter will discuss about the result and also have a discussion session of the project. This chapter also covers on the steps to configure and run the project. The result of this final year project is a working prototype which can do its assigned mission with no errors.
This project is to help people busy people that has no time to go to the pharmacy to get their medication. This helps the doctor to prescript medication to the patient. This will be checked my pharmacist and prepare the medication. After preparing the medication the delivery team will delivery to the respective patient. Patient can also make a hand pickup if the pharmacy is on their way to home from work.
4.2 Result
Figure 4.1 Login Page
This is the home page\login page of the website.
Figure 4.2 Pharmacist View Page
This is pharmacist view page to prepare medication and notify the delivery team if the prescription is ready.
Figure 4.3 Medication View Page
This is patient page to view medications needed and to check out for payment
Table 4.1 Result Diagrams
4.3 Summary of the Chapter
This chapter shows the result archived by completing the project entirely and collecting data for further study and troubleshooting.
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
5.1 Conclusion of the project
Internet connection is a necessity in modern days and with the help of it, Internet has become norm in todays. Almost all everything can be done online these days. Internet is ability of a system to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. From this website to advance mobile application everything now can be done in internet without being physically at a place.
This project and the build process have been challenging and tough due to various reasons. Some reasons are due to unavailability of enough resources and due to limitation of programming skill for a Mechatronic student.
Through these projects, we are able make the world a better place by reducing the human time wastage and focus on things on more important work. For instance, this project
“Smart Pharmacy Medicine Dispensing System” is an webapp project that can reduce the energy or time of humans by making a online platform. The main objective is to to help people busy people that has no time to go to the pharmacy to get their medication. Without this system, people need to go to pharmacy and make a long queue to get their medication on busy days. This project is more cost saving because you won’t need to waste gas and receipts due to all interactions is made online and the delivery team will send medication in bulk to multiple order in same area and saving cost for fuel. This is also more nature friendly because this reduce traffic jam on peak hour for patient to bring out their motor cars which will
increase carbon immersion. When you want the check and monitored status just need to open this website and check the status from laptop or smartphone.
5.2 Future Work
This project can be implemented by making some changes to the design and make more mobile friendly for smartphone users. This project is also can be improved by adding more advance payment method and also e-wallet that has been widely used by Malaysians these days.
REFERENCE
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Recent Technol. Eng., vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 759–762, 2019.
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[4] J. Philip, F. M. Abraham, K. K. Giboy, B. J. Feslina, and T. Rajan, “Automatic Medicine Dispenser using IoT,” Int. J. Eng. Res., vol. V9, no. 08, pp. 342–349, 2020, doi: 10.17577/ijertv9is080152.
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APPENDICES B
